The Global Web of Subsea Cables That Connects the World Can Now Detect Whales—Even When They're Silent

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/the-global-web-of-subsea-cables-that-connects-the-world-can-now-detect-whales-even-when-theyre-silent-180989326/

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whale23x no texto
“But today, they’ve found a blue whale.”
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Frase de exemploBut today, they’ve found a blue whale.
cables17x no texto
“Often, these cables are owned by telecommunications companies—and, increasingly, by data companies like Google and Amazon.”
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Frase de exemploOften, these cables are owned by telecommunications companies—and, increasingly, by data companies like Google and Amazon.
whales16x no texto
“This type of monitoring could unlock the secrets of what whales really do when they dive deep.”
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Frase de exemploThis type of monitoring could unlock the secrets of what whales really do when they dive deep.
scientists11x no texto
“The water displaced by their hulls as they move emits low-frequency waves that scientists can measure.”
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Frase de exemploThe water displaced by their hulls as they move emits low-frequency waves that scientists can measure.
cable10x no texto
“Onshore, laser pulses are fired down the cable, and as the light travels, microscopic imperfections scatter the light in the glass.”
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Frase de exemploOnshore, laser pulses are fired down the cable, and as the light travels, microscopic imperfections scatter the light in the glass.
detect8x no texto
“It was vocalizing on the surface, something the Norwegian research team was able to detect from their interrogator station onshore.”
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Frase de exemploIt was vocalizing on the surface, something the Norwegian research team was able to detect from their interrogator station onshore.
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“It was vocalizing on the surface, something the Norwegian research team was able to detect from their interrogator station onshore.”
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Frase de exemploIt was vocalizing on the surface, something the Norwegian research team was able to detect from their interrogator station onshore.
subsea7x no texto
“An estimated 600 subsea cables are active today, with over 930,000 miles of cables weaving their way across the global seafloor.”
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Frase de exemploAn estimated 600 subsea cables are active today, with over 930,000 miles of cables weaving their way across the global seafloor.
data7x no texto
“Often, these cables are owned by telecommunications companies—and, increasingly, by data companies like Google and Amazon.”
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Frase de exemploOften, these cables are owned by telecommunications companies—and, increasingly, by data companies like Google and Amazon.
researchers6x no texto
“And again, access to the cables is tricky, and many data companies don’t allow any outside researchers to use their infrastructure.”
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Frase de exemploAnd again, access to the cables is tricky, and many data companies don’t allow any outside researchers to use their infrastructure.
fiber6x no texto
“In that case, sometimes companies will allow scientists to make use of that fiber for monitoring and research.”
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Frase de exemploIn that case, sometimes companies will allow scientists to make use of that fiber for monitoring and research.
seabed5x no texto
“They’re often fixed to the seabed or suspended from research vessels.”
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Frase de exemploThey’re often fixed to the seabed or suspended from research vessels.
feet5x no texto
“In comparison, the smaller blue whales can be observed when diving within 40 meters [130 feet] of the fiber-optical cable,” the study reads.”
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Frase de exemploIn comparison, the smaller blue whales can be observed when diving within 40 meters [130 feet] of the fiber-optical cable,” the study reads.
low-frequency5x no texto
“It’s so big that the water it displaces when it moves produces low-frequency waves that radiate outward from its body.”
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Frase de exemploIt’s so big that the water it displaces when it moves produces low-frequency waves that radiate outward from its body.
waves5x no texto
“It’s so big that the water it displaces when it moves produces low-frequency waves that radiate outward from its body.”
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Frase de exemploIt’s so big that the water it displaces when it moves produces low-frequency waves that radiate outward from its body.
norwegian5x no texto
“It was vocalizing on the surface, something the Norwegian research team was able to detect from their interrogator station onshore.”
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Frase de exemploIt was vocalizing on the surface, something the Norwegian research team was able to detect from their interrogator station onshore.
ships5x no texto
“Then, when the whale dove, they could see the same sort of disturbance they’d previously observed when submarines or ships on the surface motored over the cables.”
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Frase de exemploThen, when the whale dove, they could see the same sort of disturbance they’d previously observed when submarines or ships on the surface motored over the cables.
silent4x no texto
“The whale’s call allowed them to trace the disturbance to the animal—they could “see” the whale near the cable, even though it was completely silent.”
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Frase de exemploThe whale’s call allowed them to trace the disturbance to the animal—they could “see” the whale near the cable, even though it was completely silent.
diving4x no texto
“In comparison, the smaller blue whales can be observed when diving within 40 meters [130 feet] of the fiber-optical cable,” the study reads.”
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Frase de exemploIn comparison, the smaller blue whales can be observed when diving within 40 meters [130 feet] of the fiber-optical cable,” the study reads.
research4x no texto
“They’re often fixed to the seabed or suspended from research vessels.”
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Frase de exemploThey’re often fixed to the seabed or suspended from research vessels.
university4x no texto
“Norwegian University of Science and Technology PhD student Kristina Skarvang Vaskinn splices the fiber tail from the interrogator to the communication fiber between Ny Ålesund and Longyearbyen in Svalbard.”
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Frase de exemploNorwegian University of Science and Technology PhD student Kristina Skarvang Vaskinn splices the fiber tail from the interrogator to the communication fiber between Ny Ålesund and Longyearbyen in Svalbard.
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“This type of monitoring could unlock the secrets of what whales really do when they dive deep.”
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Frase de exemploThis type of monitoring could unlock the secrets of what whales really do when they dive deep.