This paper summarizes the efforts undertaken by the author to identify existing and future potential methods to reduce underwater sound levels created by nearly all oil...
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This report has been conducted to enhance the understanding of how autonomous vehicle systems can be used to monitor marine mammals and other marine animals in...
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Airgun inter-pulse noise field during a seismic survey in an Arctic ultra shallow marine environment
Offshore oil and gas exploration using seismic airguns generates intense underwater pulses that could cause marine mammal hearing impairment and/or behavioral disturbances. However, few studies have...
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The requirement to display sensitive areas relating to the life history of commercially important fish species in British waters is well recognized. Sensitive areas have previously...
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North Norfolk Sandbanks and Saturn Reef (NNSSR) candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC)/Site of Community Importance (SCI) were used as a case study. The study identified...
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Uncertainty over the distribution of cetaceans and their responses to underwater noise has led to concerns over the potential impact of oil and gas exploration in...
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CBD Expert Workshop on Underwater Noise and its Impacts on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
It is clear that a human-caused modification that extends across 300,000 km2 or distances of 4,000 km from the noise source 80-95% days of the month,...
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Seismic surveys in connection to oil and gas activities have the potential to disturb and injure marine organisms, due to the high sound pressures generated by...
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This Guidance applies if you are proposing any oil and gas survey or shallow drilling activity. The Guidance applies only to oil and gas related activities,...
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During the exploration, development, production and decommissioning phases of offshore oil and gas reserves these activities contribute to the noise levels in the oceans, estuaries and...
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