Noise-dampening tech could make ships less disruptive to marine life

M ORE THAN 1,000 metres below the surface of the oceans, darkness reigns. For animals living in this perpetual twilight, vision is irrelevant; acoustic signals, instead, are how they navigate, communicate and search for food.

This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “The sound of silence”

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