Listen to Whale FM and learn how to recognize whale calls and be a part of The Whale Song Project., which is sponsored by Scientific American.
Click on http://whale.fm/
Whale.fm is one of several projects using crowd-sourcing to work through huge datasets where human senses are better than computers at picking out patterns. It is run by Zooniverse, a developer of citizen science projects that started in 2007. With the data collected, scientists hope to research whether the killer whales and pilot whales have specific dialects within family groups. They may also get some insight into how commercial shipping, oil drilling and other noisy ocean activities are affecting whale life.
Whale.fm is one of several projects using crowd-sourcing to work through huge datasets where human senses are better than computers at picking out patterns. It is run by Zooniverse, a developer of citizen science projects that started in 2007. With the data collected, scientists hope to research whether the killer whales and pilot whales have specific dialects within family groups. They may also get some insight into how commercial shipping, oil drilling and other noisy ocean activities are affecting whale life.
Happy listening and learning.
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