The deep sea is dark and can seem like a silent expanse of cold ocean water, but recordings made as deep as 5,500 meters reveal the soundtrack of the darkness. Beyond the tiny din of fighting worms!
Click above to listen to part 4 of Into the Deep, featuring Chong Chen, deep sea biologist with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and co-author of a paper on Deep-Sea Soundscapes. He discusses a paper by Dr. Ryutaro Goto about mouth-fighting worms.
Into the Deep:
Part 1: Craig McClain / Alligator Fall
Part 2: Steve Haddock / Deep Sea Mining
Part 3: Emily Hall / Green Banana Sinkhole
Part 4: Chong Chen / Sounds of the Deep Sea
