March Book Club
Schedule
Wed Mar 26 2025 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Blue Planet DC | Washington, DC
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Book Club is back! We're excited to jump into a new book with "Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water". A captivating exploration of how underwater animals tap into sound to survive, and a clarion call for humans to address the ways we invade these critical soundscapes—from an award-winning science writer Amorina Kingdon.For centuries humans ignored sound in the “silent world” of the ocean, assuming that what we couldn’t perceive, didn’t exist. But we couldn’t have been more wrong. Marine scientists now have the technology to record and study the complex interplay of the myriad sounds in the sea. Finally, we can trace how sounds travel with the currents, bounce from the seafloor and surface, bend with temperature, and even saltiness; how sounds help marine life survive; and how human noise can transform entire marine ecosystems.
In Sing Like Fish , award-winning science journalist Amorina Kingdon synthesizes historical discoveries with the latest research in a clear and compelling portrait of this sonic undersea world. From plainfin midshipman fish, whose swim-bladder drumming is loud enough to keep houseboat-dwellers awake, to the syntax of whalesong, from the deafening crackle of snapping shrimp, to underwater earthquakes and volcanoes, sound plays a vital role in feeding, mating, parenting, navigating, and warning - even in animals that we never suspected of acoustic ability.
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Where is it happening?
Blue Planet DC, 1755 S St NW, Washington, DC 20009-6107, United States,Washington D.C.Event Location & Nearby Stays:
