Final conference of the Joint Action on Underwater Noise in the Marine Environment

Partners from the five projects funded under the JPI Oceans Joint Call on Underwater Noise—ORCHESTRA, DeuteroNoise, DIAPHONIA, SONORA, and PURE WIND—will gather for their final conference in Alicante, Spain, to present their scientific findings and discuss joint follow‑up activities. This gathering is the capstone of the first Joint Call on Underwater Noise which aims to reduce uncertainty around anthropogenic noise pollution on marine ecosystems fostering interdisciplinary and multi‑country scientific collaboration.

Besides the presentation of the outcome and achievements of the five projects, we will collaborate on translating evidence into regulation by inviting representatives from the European Commission and further decision makers to this event. Thus, we will strengthen the science‑policy interface and contributing to solutions with regard to remaining questions in the field of underwater noise in European seas.

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Further information about the Underwater Noise projects:

• ORCHESTRA | ecOsystem Responses to Constant offsHorE Sound specTRA | Coordinator: Maarten Boersma, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Germany)
• DeuteroNoise | Characterization of maritime noise in different European basins and its impact on ecological relevant deuterostome invertebrates | Coordinator: Lucia Manni, University of Padua (Italy)
• DIAPHONIA | DIagnostic framework to Assess and Predict tHe impact Of underwater NoIse on mArine species | Coordinator: Sandro Mazzariol, University of Padua (Italy)
• SONORA | Filling the gap: Thresholds assessment and impact beyond acoustic pressure level linked to emerging blue-growth activities | Coordinator: Jaime Ramis Soriano, Universidad de Alicante (Spain)
• PURE WIND | Impact of sound on marine ecosystems from offshore wind energy generation | Coordinator: Ana Širović, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, (Norway)

Image credits: This image is taken from the video part of the exhibition“Echoes of the Ocean” in the Espacio Fundacion Telefonica, Madrid, created by Marshmallow Laser Feast and the Laboratorio de Aplicaciones Bioacústicas de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.