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Researchers Uncover 1949 Humpback Whale Song Recording
The 1949 humpback whale song recording, preserved on a plastic disc, offers insights into whale communication and the impact of increased ocean noise, scientists said.
- The March 1949 recording was digitized by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientists, who discovered the oldest known humpback whale song last year off Bermuda.
- During sonar testing with the U.S. Office of Naval Research, the team kept a Gray Audograph plastic disc running aboard a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution research vessel, preserving the sound that tape would have lost.
- It predates Roger Payne's discovery of whale song by nearly 20 years, and scientists say the late-1940s ocean soundscape was much quieter than today.
- Scientists say the digitized audio provides a rare baseline for studying noise impacts, as it helps assess how shipping noise alters whale calls and NOAA notes ship strikes and entanglements remain top threats.
- 'Underwater sound recordings are a powerful tool for understanding and protecting vulnerable whale populations,' Peter Tyack, marine bioacoustician, said as ocean noise has risen.
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