What Are the Decibel Levels Like in a Rain Forest?

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There are 200 different animals calling in this half an hour, whatever it might be that's in grainans got the fun amiging area of research. There is a really good relationship between the number of animals calling and the overall saturation. You can just look at this over all saturation, which is quite quick to count. And especially as we build up bigger and bigger data sats, her's a chance to analyze them more thoroughly. We needl the people thata, thet or programmes and compute scientists and sound engineers who could make contributions to hopefully intellectually stimulating for them.

Insects humming. Birds squawking. Chainsaws buzzing? What does the rainforest sound like? Or the oceans outside of port cities? Is the world getting louder? And what can recording devices detect that our ears – especially mine, Alie’s – can’t? Acoustic Ecologist Dr. Eddie Game of the Nature Conservancy has asked conservation questions over decades of work in 20 countries, and even though his microphone for this interview sucked, his stories and wisdom are a pleasure to hear. Also: is it okay to talk to owls? How much of timber harvesting is legal? And how do communities come together to protect the lands around them? Also: the most elusive and coolest midnight parrot.

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Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media

Transcripts by Emily White of The Wordary

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