The Inaudible Ocean

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What happens when a composer and oceanographer listen to the ocean together? An unconventional partnership at the University of California San Diego has led to new music inspired by sounds from the seafloor that humans have never heard before.

Department of Music Professor Lei Liang and Scripps Institution of Oceanography Assistant Project Scientist Joshua Jones have been listening side by side to the soundscape of the world’s oceans for over eight years. Their latest project, called “The Inaudible Ocean,” casts a sonic searchlight into some of the most remote places on the planet.