Word: loudnesses
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...tragedies like the Chichi earthquake that send research vessels into the world's waters a few times per year to try to improve our understanding of how, when and why earthquakes hit. But the technology they use to do that - long submersible cannons called airguns - has drawn loud criticism since the 1990s from marine-mammal experts. They say firing airguns in certain waters and at certain times of the year can be extremely harmful to a long list of sea creatures, including dolphins, whales, porpoises, giant squids, crabs and sea turtles. The noise the guns generate causes some animals...
...scouted underground formations for almost four months around Taiwan this spring, during which the crew popped its 36 airguns in the water every 20 or 60 seconds, depending on the instruments used to record the acoustic waves. Airguns, which are towed underwater at the back of the ship, cause loud, explosive sounds at a low frequency made when their pressurized air gets released into the water. The sound waves they generate are used to help build a picture of the rock structure beneath the seafloor, delineating fault lines, cracks or underwater volcanoes...
...esteem. Indians generally agree, and those living in Delhi have no trouble admitting, that the nation's capital is the rudest of the country's metros. It's aggressive - just watch the motorists, cyclists and pedestrians fight it out on the roads, willing the other to give way with loud horns, murderous looks or outright elbowing. It's uncouth - no one even blinks at jumping queues or spitting betel juice or urinating in public. It's loud and brash, entirely unabashedly...
...commentator said that he wasn’t “sure how many laws that breaks, but I’m sure there are some”—the message that art and artists can be a powerful tool in influencing public political opinion came through loud and clear. Harvard made much the same statement last December, when President Drew Faust announced the release of the long-awaited Report of the Harvard Task Force on the Arts. “[W]e have, in relation to the arts, failed to foster a sense of urgency...
...reference to irresponsible media is just code for anything he deems unacceptable - especially if it's printed or broadcast by media not aligned with his government. Last month, dozens of Chávez supporters attacked the Caracas studios of the Globovisión TV network, a loud critic of his regime, throwing tear gas and injuring three people. Chávez, who has threatened to revoke Globovisión's license, condemned the assault and its leader was arrested. But a week later, 12 journalists passing out leaflets criticizing the education law were hospitalized after being beaten by people identified...