Feed Your Mind 2026: Ocean Bites with Professor Christine Erbe

When the ocean gets louder, who pays the price?

Ocean Bites: Are our oceans getting too loud?

From shipping to offshore construction, human activity has steadily increased underwater noise in our oceans– and it’s taking a toll on marine life. Growing concerns have fuelled new research and driven innovative solutions to minimise noise and mitigate its effects.

Centre for Marine Science and Technology (CMST) Director, John Curtin Distinguished Professor Christine Erbe sits at the forefront of this work, helping us better understand this emerging issue and translating research into policies and practices guiding more sustainable use of our oceans.

Join us as she reveals what we know – and don’t know – about underwater noise pollution, and why managing sound may be one of the biggest environmental challenges yet.

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If you can’t make it in person, you can join us online. Please note a link to stream the event will be sent to you via email closer to the date.

A light lunch will be provided.

Attend in person to earn a stamp and go in the draw to win a $100 Guild gift card. Refer to T&C's for more information.

ABOUT THE SERIES

Feed Your Mind is a lunchtime series dishing up bite-sized talks from Curtin University researchers.

Dig in on the third Thursday of each month and get a taste of how our researchers are translating research into real-world benefits.