16 Dec 2025
COVID-19 pandemic created 2020 ‘year of the quiet ocean’
Photo by Peter Burdon The COVID-19 pandemic created an unprecedented opportunity for scientists to study the ocean’s soundscape during a period of dramatically reduced human activity, with 2020 officially declared the “Year of the Quiet Ocean” by the International Quiet Ocean Experiment. In 2020, Covid-19 led to a 4.1% decrease in global maritime trade. In some […]