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The following is an excerpt from a  published by the Duke Climate Commitment:

“Jacques Cousteau is known for saying that the ocean is a ‘silent world’ but the ocean is actually an acoustically lively place, including with increasing anthropogenic noise,” remarks Doug Nowacek, who has spent his career studying noise in the ocean, specifically how noise affects marine mammals like whales and dolphins. “All these things humans do in the ocean are noisy, all these interventions – industrial development, shipping, military activity – can have an impact on marine life. Unfortunately, this ocean noise poses three major threats to marine mammals – masking natural sounds, causing hearing damage, and inducing stress, actual stress. Just like noise affects us.”  

Nowacek is the Randolph K. Repass and Sally-Christine Rodgers University Distinguished Professor of Conservation Technology in Environment and Engineering. His is the first position jointly held between the Nicholas School of the Environment and the Pratt School of Engineering. “I actually started my work at Duke when I was an undergrad,” says Nowacek. “I came to the Marine Lab for a summer and learned about the ‘work hard play hard’ ethos of the place. I loved it. You bust it in the lab all day and then hop in a kayak at the end of it. How could I not want to have a job here?” 

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