2014-12-12
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VOTE HERE! http://www.projectforawesome.com/charity/oceana/the-not-so-silent-world--p4a-2014---oceana
THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME IS HERE AGAIN! This year my charity is Oceana, the largest international advocacy organization focused solely on ocean conservation. I'm zeroing in on a problem I knew little about until recently: ocean noise pollution. You can read more in-depth about it in the articles linked below.
The OCEANA website: http://oceana.org/en
Ben Wolford, "Whales Are Being Killed by Noise Pollution"
http://www.newsweek.com/2014/04/11/whales-are-being-killed-noise-pollution-248069.html
IFAW, "Understanding the sources of ocean noise pollution"
http://www.ifaw.org/united-states/our-work/whales/understanding-sources-ocean-noise-pollution
See the Sea, "Noise Pollution"
http://see-the-sea.org/topics/pollution/noise/noise_pollution.htm
Mother Jones, "This Woman Has Spent Almost a Year of Her Life Under Water"
(Article on conservationist Sylvia Earle)
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/10/sylvia-earle-inquiring-minds-oceans
Kim Martini "Bending sound, the weird path of sound in the ocean"
http://deepseanews.com/2012/10/bending-sound/
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