https://www.atlasinterreg.eu/news-events daily 0.75 2026-02-12 https://www.atlasinterreg.eu/news-events/ubpdjytfhbjop2gjz2ppm03ikhd6nu monthly 0.5 2026-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691202eb3d85152576f47446/0f3c180b-48b3-4ba4-b782-4f8251e7dc48/JONAS_EMB_AmyDozier_OceanSoundscape.png News & Events - Introducing a New Way to Listen to the Atlantic on World Whale Day. - Sound travels four times faster underwater than it does through air, and in the often dark and murky depths of the ocean, this makes a huge difference for the animals that live there. For whales and dolphins, sound is essential for survival. They use sound to communicate with each other, find food, navigate across vast ocean distances and even detect danger. Too much noise can confuse, stress, or even harm marine animals. In some cases, it can mask whale calls or drive animals away from important feeding and breeding areas. In worst cases it can damage their hearing temporarily or even permanently. Understanding and reducing harmful ocean noise is now seen as a central part of protecting marine life. Ship strikes are also a major threat, especially for species like the North Atlantic Right Whale, whose habitats and migration routes overlap with busy shipping lanes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691202eb3d85152576f47446/5d141e64-a723-475d-8194-3684b9f1bf7b/submarinecablemap.jpg News & Events - Introducing a New Way to Listen to the Atlantic on World Whale Day. - Across the world’s ocean floor lies a huge network of subsea (underwater) fibre-optic cables. These cables carry almost all the world’s internet and international communications, linking continents and countries. The ATLAS project is advancing development of technologies to harness the capacity of these same cables to accurately detect and locate underwater sounds. Image from: https://www.submarinecablemap.com/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691202eb3d85152576f47446/ee1976e7-b1c6-4370-9422-7c875a6be44f/World+Whale+Day+%28LinkedIn+%26+Instagram+Post%29.jpg News & Events - Introducing a New Way to Listen to the Atlantic on World Whale Day. - On World Whale Day, the ATLAS project is launching its website where you can learn more about the project and the technology it is developing. You can also sign up to the project’s newsletter to be kept informed about all the project’s news, events and research. By turning internet cables into ocean sensors, ATLAS is creating a new way to: Detect marine mammals Track ship-noise to prevent whale-ship collision Monitor seismic activity And build a healthier future for the Atlantic Ocean. https://www.atlasinterreg.eu/news-events/kick-off-meeting monthly 0.5 2025-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691202eb3d85152576f47446/fb86b381-cb61-4de1-9ba3-3b1b0f9407d3/8106_kom-atlas-201125-1.jpg News & Events - Kick-off meeting at PLOCAN - The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) in Taliarte hosted the Kick-off Meeting of the European project ATLAS (Atlantic Tracking with Lightwave Acoustic Sensing), bringing together partners from Spain, Ireland, Portugal, France and Norway. The consortium set out the roadmap for an initiative that aimed to use existing submarine telecommunications cables to monitor the Atlantic. During the meeting, partners outlined the technical and scientific plan for ATLAS. The project sought to transform fibre-optic seabed cables into an extensive acoustic sensing network capable of detecting large cetaceans, mapping underwater noise and enhancing early-warning systems for earthquakes and other geological hazards. Eric Delory, PLOCAN technologist and technical coordinator, highlighted that the originality of ATLAS lay in its use of existing infrastructure. “We relied on current submarine fibre-optic cables rather than installing new ones. By interrogating the cables from shore, we captured signals linked to seismic activity, underwater noise and the presence of cetaceans,” he explained. He added that the Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) technology enabled new services for authorities, organisations and observation networks seeking real-time information on ocean conditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/691202eb3d85152576f47446/ba6037e5-b84f-493a-9eb2-24c0cffd5ab1/Eric+talking.png News & Events - Kick-off meeting at PLOCAN - “In the Canary Islands we faced challenges such as vessel–cetacean collisions and the need for improved seismic monitoring. 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