Rolex Awards for Enterprise laureate Michel André is using sound to help diagnose the health of our oceans. PerpetualPlanet RolexAwards
The melting of the ice in the Arctic and Antarctic has resulted in new human activities developing there. Michel André is using bioacoustics to monitor this disturbance to these remote ecosystems, which can cause a shift in the balance of polar biodiversity. Picture: HEATHER CRUICKSHANK
Basing himself at King George Island in Antarctica, André set about creating LIDO , a network of sound-monitoring equipment designed to act as a diagnostic tool for ocean health. The beauty of this tech is that it is listening to the ocean 24 hours a day, every day, every month, every yearThe depths of the oceans are free of light, so sound is an integral part of the way that endemic species communicate. Shipping, fishing and fossil fuel exploration and extraction is drowning out the ocean soundscape. This noise pollution is affecting species across the spectrum, from whales and dolphins to invertebrates such as octopuses.
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