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The Secret Sounds Of The Sea

Man looks out on the coast as sun sets.

Published in Video - 8 min read - Sep 3, 2026

Man looks out on the coast as sun sets.

The Secret Sounds Of The Sea, filmed in Sligo and Dún Laoghaire, is a soothing, six-minute sonic tonic focusing on research by iCRAG Research Ireland Centre in Applied Geosciences on how sound connects us with the ocean.

Prof. Chris Bean, Professor of Geophysics at Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) and iCRAG Co-PI, remarked: “By studying how sounds move through the ocean floor and on to land, we can help build up a picture of ocean function. With over 70% of our planet covered by the sea, and as the largest single source of oxygen for our planet, monitoring and understanding our ocean health is crucial to the sustainable management of this life-giving resource. Seismology delivers new insight into activity in the ocean and ocean state, which we endeavour to capture in this film.”

This video was produced for iCRAG by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions and is part of the Blue Horizons series presented by World Ocean Council.

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