External
Location: Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, 16-18 Queen Square Bath BA1 2HN OR Online
Timings: Refreshments from 18:15, lecture starts at 18:45.
Please note: A short AGM will run prior to this lecture.
Speaker: Dr Tom Smith, Senior Research Fellow, UCL
About the talk:
Underwater noise resulting from human activity is a growing problem with increasing numbers and sizes of vessels contributing to a significant rise in the ambient noise levels in seas, oceans, and waterways around the world. A large body of evidence has built up showing negative impacts of this anthropogenic noise from shipping and other other marine traffic on marine life. Despite much of the focus in recent years being on the impact of large commercial vessels, recent evidence has suggested that small vessels could be contributing more to the overall soundscape than previously acknowledged.
