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Sanctuary Summits - Stellwagen Bank Channel Islands Stellwagen Bank Cordell Bank Gray's Reef Monterey Bay Olympic Coast General Information About Sylvia Earle Post-Summit Summary General Information Date: July 9, 1999 Location: Gloucester, MA Participants: Students from the American School for the Deaf Theme: Underwater Acoustics Whales communicating to each other is probably a large part of the underwater noises at the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Dr. Sylvia Earle will meet with the high school students/researchers from the American School for the Deaf to discuss the Sustainable Seas Expeditions and to discuss underwater acoustics. After the summit, the students will be heading out to the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary to participate in studies of sound in the sanctuary. Students and teachers will be studying background noise levels and whale behaviors using hydrophone recordings and visual displays of data. The American School for the Deaf (ASD) is the oldest school for deaf people in the United States and is also the birthplace of American Sign Language (ASL). The school offers a broad range of programs to meet the varied needs of deaf infants, children, youth and adults. One of the programs for high school students is the National Undersea Research Center's "Aquanaut" program, designed to encourage students to study oceanography. (top)   About Sylvia Earle Sylvia Earle National Geographic Society Marine biologist Sylvia Earle is Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society, a position she has held since 1998. She is working with a variety of Society divisions on projects involving her passion -oceans - especially serving as project director of Sustainable Seas Expeditions and writing three books for publication in 1999. Named one of Time Magazine's "heroes for the planet" in 1998, Earle has pioneered research on marine ecosystems and has led more than 50 expeditions totaling 6,000 hours underwater. She holds numerous diving records and is the author of more than 100 scientific and popular publications, including a 1995 book "Sea Change." Earle was born August 30, 1935, in Gibbstown, NJ. She has a bachelor's degree from Florida State University and a master's and doctorate from Duke University as well as nine honorary doctorate degrees. She lives in Oakland, California.  (top)   Post-Summit Summary Dr. Sylvia Earle introduces herself to two students from the American School for the Deaf who will be doing acoustic studies in the sanctuary. On July 9th, Dr. Sylvia Earle joined 2 students from the American School for the Deaf in studying the impacts of noise on whales in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Students from the school will begin a five-day expedition into the sanctuary to study impacts of noise pollution on whale behavior, determine levels of background noise in the sanctuary and look at day vs. night differences in noise in the sanctuary. The students are using a hydrophone to collect sound within a mile radius of the research vessel, MIMI. Specialized visualization software allows the students to "see" the sound on a computer screen on board the ship. The research vessel, MIMI is famous for the video series and middle school curriculum entitled "Voyage of the MIMI". On their way out to Stellwagen on the 9th, the MIMI reported being surrounded by humpback whales. One breached, others spouted and circled in to get a closer look. Several came within 50 ft of the MIMI. The students will be out in the sanctuary during most of the Sustainable Seas Expedition in Stellwagen and their studies will complement what the scientists are learning with the DeepWorker submersibles. This project is supported by NOAA's National Undersea Research Program.   (top)   For more information on the Sanctuary Summit at the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, please contact: Anne Smrcina, Education Coordinator Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (781) 545-8026 anne.smrcina@noaa.gov

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