The oceans host indispensable ecosystem processes and services, playing a crucial role in climate regulation and food provision. In addition to well-documented threats such as overexploitation, habitat loss, and pollution, climate change is emerging as a major driver of biodiversity loss in the oceans. Expected impacts include shifts in species distributions, altering marine biodiversity patterns, and affecting regions highly...

Seismic surveys introduce high levels of noise into the soundscape. Thus, a major concern is the effect of these noise levels on animal communication, especially for species with high hearing acuity, such as cetaceans. We evaluated the effects of airgun pulses of seismic surveys on the acoustic behavior of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) and pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella attenuata) in the two most important b...