LEAFA Blogs and UpdatesJoin us and learn more about the news and updates about the Locally-led East Asian Flyway Acoustics (LEAFA) program. These blogs highlights the collective work of our collaborators and partners from 5 countries across 17 sites in The East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF).
- Visitors: Summer & Autumn 2024
This season has been busy, with over 13 visiting students and early career researchers (including our first cohort of Katie Payne Fellows) from Brazil, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa), Indonesia, Norway, Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), Scotland, and Spain!
- The First Voyage of the HALO Project
There is nothing quite like the excitement of starting a fresh project, and the newly organized Holistic Assessment of Living marine resources off the Oregon coast (HALO) project team was alive with it on 8 October as we prepared our various elements of research gear aboard the R/V Pacific Storm in the Newport bayfront.
- Using Artificial Intelligence to Study Natural Environments
In rainforests many animals are nearly invisible, but not all are silent. Rainforests click, whirr, and hum with the sound of life. Like heartbeats offer clues to doctors, these sounds convey endless information about the life of forests, capturing the…
- The Effects of an Unexpected Pause for Marine Soundscapes in Alaska
In yet another casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic, Earth Day parades and Science Marches were cancelled this year as people globally were instructed to stay home. In this monumental moment, humans are experiencing an unprecedented change in how they interact…
