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“ Sound waves from military submarine sonar systems can get as loud as 235 decibels. They are able to travel hundreds of miles and can maintain the intensity of
by richardw 2y ago
“ Sound waves from military submarine sonar systems can get as loud as 235 decibels. They are able to travel hundreds of miles and can maintain the intensity of 140 decibels as far as 300 miles from the source.”
That’s insane.
https://pressbooks.pub/tropicalmarinebio/chapter/noisy-oceans/#:~:text=Sound%20waves%20from%20military%20submarine,is%20known%20as%20ambient%20noise https://pressbooks.pub/tropicalmarinebio/chapter/noisy-ocean....
Probably worth checking since this source says loudest sound possible is 194:
https://www.hearingconservation.org/assets/Decibel.pdf https://www.hearingconservation.org/assets/Decibel.pdf
- fgd135 2y ago194 decibels is the maximum loudness in air, the maximum in water is higher
- samplatt 2y agoLoudest sound in air is 194. In water it's ~270dB.
- aeternum 2y agoSperm whales can produce sounds of 230 decibels so humans aren't the only noise polluters of the ocean. In fact we almost hunted sperm whales to extinction so on net the oceans are probably much quieter than they were.