📗 Libro en inglés SING LIKE FISH

A captivating exploration of how underwater animals tap into sound to survive and a clarion call for humans to address the ways we invade these critical soundscapes from an award winning science writer For centuries humans ignored sound in the silent world of the ocean assuming that what we couldn t perceive didn t exist But we couldn t have been more wrong Marine scientists now have the technology to record and study the complex interplay of the myriad sounds in the sea Finally we can trace how sounds travel with the currents bounce from the seafloor and surface bend with temperature and even saltiness how sounds help marine life survive and how human noise can transform entire marine ecosystems In Sing Like Fish award winning science journalist Amorina Kingdon synthesises historical discoveries with the latest research in a clear and compelling portrait of this sonic undersea world From plainfin midshipman fish whose swim bladder drumming is so loud it keeps houseboat dwellers awake to the syntax of whalesong from the deafening crackle of snapping shrimp to underwater earthquakes and volcanoes sound plays a vital role in feeding mating parenting navigating and warning Meanwhile our seas also echo with human made sound and we are only j