East Lothian Buzz article
An article, introducing OSC, our work and our research, entitled, ‘Firm scales down marine noise’ has been published in the February/March issue of East Lothian’s Buzz newsletter. To view, follow this link, http://content.yudu.com/Library/A22t5v/BusinessBuzzFebruary/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http://free.yudu.com/item/details/764532/Business-Buzz—February-2013, and turn to page 5.
New publication
Good news, our paper ‘Celtic Sea Ring-billed Gull’ has been accepted for publication in Irish Birds.
OSC visited by Catherine Stihler (MEP)
OSC Awarded MaxiMaths Research Grant
Following the success of OSC’s preliminary results on porpoise echolocation presented to the Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, OSC was awarded a further collaborative Maximaths Grant from the University of Edinburgh. The funds will be used to undertake further research on C-POD data. See www.c-podclickdetector.com for further information about C-PODs.
OSC Marine Mammal Observers are still working hard in the field
As the busy summer field season comes to an end, OSC Marine Mammal Observers are still working hard in the field. For more information on our highly qualified Marine Mammal Observers have a look at our website: http://www.marinemammalobserver.com.
Bull sharks have the strongest bite
Marine animals have featured in the news this week with the discovery that bull sharks have the strongest bite relative to body size (http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/19869336). Also, on a positive note; a substantial rise in the introduction of marine protected areas over the last decade means that 2.3 % of the world’s oceans are now protected, as […]
BBC Wildlife Magazine cover story of OSC’s work on porpoises and rigs
This month (July), OSC’s recent work on porpoises and offshore installations was covered in an article by Mark Rowe in the BBC Wildlife Magazine entitled ‘Rigs-to-Reefs could help British wildlife‘. OSC’s Victoria Todd gave an in-depth interview about their work which has sparked debate about whether offshore installations should be left /in situ/ following de-commissioning. […]
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New Scientist Report
In recent media frenzy, New Scientist reported the following exclusive and full-page account of our latest peer-reviewed porpoise research published in ICES Journal of Marine Science: Coughlan, A. (2009): Oil rigs may be fit for porpoise: New Scientist, vol. 2700, p.8, 21 March: view publication. A link is also provided for the original ICES publication […]
Ongoing beta-testing of PAMguard
Last year Ocean Science Consulting agreed to help the PAMguard team (www.pamguard.org) with their ongoing development project to improve the functionality of PAMguard for undertaking small cetacean survey work. The PAMguard team have just built a new installer and have asked us all to try it out in field conditions. Our Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) […]