Rebecca Dunlop is a lecturer in physiology at the School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland in Australia. Originally from Ireland, Dunlop obtained her BSc (Honors) degree in Environmental Biology and her PhD in fish neuroethology from The Queen’s University of Belfast. She moved to Australia and completed a postdoc in humpback whale social communication. https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/contributor/rebecca-dunlop/rss en Biodiversity Tue, 22 Aug 2017 08:23:00 +0000 Michael Noad, Rebecca Dunlop https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2017/08/22/quiet-noise-from-underwater-air-guns-affects-whales-miles-away https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2017/08/22/quiet-noise-from-underwater-air-guns-affects-whales-miles-away New research by Australian scientists suggests that underwater air guns used to search for oil and gas deposits are so loud that they could change humpback whales’ migratory behavior.