Research in Progress talk: Impacts of ship noise on Arctic marine mammals

Join Tara Howatt and William Halliday to talk about how changes to the marine environment are impacting whales and other organisms in the western Canadian Arctic.

 

Tara Howatt is an Assistant Professor at YukonU and will discuss her research on using autonomous underwater vehicles for studying the impacts of ocean conditions and underwater noise on marine mammals in the Arctic.

 

William Halliday is a Conservation Scientist and Arctic Acoustic Program Lead with Wildlife Conservation Society Canada based in Whitehorse, and an adjunct professor in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria. His research program focuses on studying the impacts of climate change and human activities on marine mammals in the Canadian Arctic, with a particular focus on underwater noise from ship traffic.

 

 

 

Talks are open and free to the public, students, staff and faculty.

 

Questions? Contact The Research Services Office at rso@yukonu.ca. Co-hosted by YukonU and Yukon Science Institute.