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Negative Impacts
Negative Impacts
The Striped Dolphin highlights the last form of Negative Impact that will be talked about in this book: Acoustic noise
The Stenella coeruleoalba population is maintaining a healthy level worldwide, and it is the most common Cetacean in the Mediterranean Sea. However, these dark grey animals with light grey stripes are also impacted by human activity and the isolated subpopulation in the Gulf of Corinth in Greece has an endangered status.
This rich webpage by NOAA Fisheries has numerous marine mammal sounds including Mysticetes (baleen whales), Odontocetes (toothed whales), and Pinnipeds, link.
Can you find the sound of the Cuvier's Beaked Whale? What does it remind you of? Listen to other animal sounds. What do you think about them? Are they communicating like us?
Now, listen to sounds made by natural phenomena and also anthropogenic sounds made by humans and our machines. This collection of audio files from the NOAA Fisheries website allows you to compare different noises in the ocean, link.
What do you think? How do the different types of sound make you feel? What do you think the impact is on marine life?
One way to make a positive impact for the ocean is through music. The composer and musician Theo Whitworth has composed music for many international charities including the Marine Conservation Society in their "The Sea and Me" collection. Watch this video about a beach clean-up and listen to how his music helps tell the message about how important it is to make a difference, link.
Positive Impacts with Francesca
Positive Impacts with Francesca
Dr. Francesca Santoro is the Senior Programme Officer at the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO and Coordinator of the Ocean Literacy With all Programme. She works from the top-down at an international policy level and tries to promote education about the ocean worldwide.
In this short video, located on the YouTube of MIO-ECSDE, the Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development, Francesca Santoro explains the concept of Ocean Literacy, link.
The MIO-ECSDE federation consists of more than a hundred non-profit organisations from countries across the Mediterranean that work together to promote a peaceful and sustainable Mediterranean, while protecting the environment and promoting traditional cultural heritage.
Need to add something about Blue Schools
I had the opportunity to take part in the Ocean Literacy World Conference in Veni-
ce 7-8 June 2024. The key note speaker talked about how Venice was the perfect
place to do this 1st ever conference because it is a place where the roads are made
of water, and where bridges are fundamental to connect people and for bridging
knowlege and culture to the modern day. In fact, another cool fact was that the
word “mare” in the Venetian diallect actually means mother so the Sea and Mother
have the same name!
We need a new Industrial Revolution - engineers with need to be responsible for
designing our future.
Summary: We've learned about striped dolphins, acoustic noise, and positive ways we can make a difference.
Write your ocean journal entry! What changes do you want to see? How can you make them happen?
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