Parley Talks: CHRISTOPHER CLARK – THE SINGING OCEAN

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Parley Wall Street, 2014 "A blue whale can't even see its tail most of the time, but it can communicate with another blue whale a thousand miles away." The oceans are alive with song. Engineer-turned-whale scientist Christopher Clark is one of the sea's best listeners.
 
 

“A blue whale can’t even see its tail most of the time, but it can communicate with another blue whale a thousand miles away.”

 

The oceans are alive with song. Engineer-turned-whale scientist Christopher Clark is one of the sea's best listeners. In his Parley Talk, Clark explores the science of bioacoustics and the devastating ways human-induced noise pollution is silencing the sea.

Dr. Christoper Clark is director of the Bioacoustics Research Program at Cornell University and a former student of Roger Payne, the founder of Ocean Alliance. Specializing in noise pollution in the oceans, he oversees and directs a vigorous, multi-disciplinary program with the goal of giving the world’s creatures a voice on critical conservation issues.

 
 
 

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