Curtin University’s Centre for Marine Science and Technology: Virtual lab tour

Founded in 1985, the Centre for Marine Science and Technology (Perth, Western Australia) comprises an interdisciplinary group of physical, biological, data, and computer scientists, as well as engineers, using active and passive acoustic techniques to study the ocean. We work in close partnership with offshore industry and government on marine soundscapes, sound generation and propagation, underwater noise and its impacts on marine fauna (terrestrial and marine) animal sound production and reception, acoustic ecology, and marine habitat mapping and modeling. In 2023, we opened our Centre of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at Curtin Mauritius (Telfair, Mauritius), focussing on marine and terrestrial (bio-)acoustics. Let us take you on a tour of our two labs, meet some of our staff and students, and let them excite you about their projects: what do diving birds hear; how do we predict the noise of yet-to-be-built equipment; how can we manage and mitigate the effects of noise; what habitat characteristics are suitable for endangered insects, birds, and whales; can we acoustically enhance habitats; do whales feed on migration; can acoustic behavior predict physical and functional behavior; are long-term trends in Antarctic whale presence related to climate change; etc.?