{"id":71116,"date":"2001-09-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-09-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-grad-student-earns-environmental-fellowship\/"},"modified":"2001-09-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2001-09-18T00:00:00","slug":"uri-grad-student-earns-environmental-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2001\/09\/uri-grad-student-earns-environmental-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 grad student earns environmental fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tKINGSTON, R.I. — September 18, 2001 — Jamestown resident Elena McCarthy, a Ph.D. candidate in the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Marine Affairs, has been awarded a $13,000 environmental fellowship from the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. The fellowship will help to fund her dissertation research into the international regulation of underwater sound. <\/p>\n

\tMcCarthy became interested in the regulation of underwater sound after hearing that several whales had beached themselves in Greece. There were concerns that NATO ships, which were conducting sonar trials at the time, may have been responsible for the whales becoming stranded. <\/p>\n

\t“I\u2019m really interested in the policy aspects of noise in the ocean, because currently there doesn\u2019t seem to be any way of determining who\u2019s responsible for the problems it may cause,” McCarthy explained. “I\u2019m looking at what policy instruments could be used to regulate noise and how it should be viewed. Is noise a pollutant? Does the law of the sea apply?” <\/p>\n

\tMost of the manmade noises in the ocean are caused by ships \u2013 engine sounds, propellers, hull noises and sonar \u2013 but oil rig construction and the explosive charges used in oil exploration also contribute to the abundance of underwater noise. <\/p>\n

\t“The biggest concern is that marine mammals are negatively affected because they use their own sonar to help them navigate, find food and communicate,” said McCarthy. “But there are also concerns that it could affect the whole food chain. It may be affecting small fish and even changing fertility rates.” <\/p>\n

\tMcCarthy is researching ocean-related laws, treaties and conventions all around the world. “Noise in the ocean can travel very far, so it has become an international issue.” <\/p>\n

According to Lawrence Juda, professor of marine affairs at 溏心vlog免费B站, other researchers have investigated the science of underwater sound, but the study of the international regulation of sound is relatively new. “Elena brings to this subject her technical and scientific expertise as an engineer, and she joins with that her knowledge of legal and policy matters. So she is eminently suited to do this kind of research,” he said. <\/p>\n

\tThe Switzer Foundation was established by the family of the inventor of fluorescent paints. Its environmental fund provides 20 fellowships each year to students in California and New England. McCarthy was nominated by Juda, her faculty adviser, and was interviewed by the foundation board in New Hampshire. <\/p>\n

\t“I was apprehensive about the interview because, as an engineer with the Navy, I have a very different background from all the other environmentalists who were applying,” said McCarthy, who calls herself an underwater acoustician. “I\u2019m thrilled they picked an engineer, and pleased that they saw that this issue is important.” <\/p>\n

\tMcCarthy is on leave from her job at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, where she is an engineer in one of its sonar groups. She earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Massachusetts and a master\u2019s degree in ocean engineering from 溏心vlog免费B站. <\/p>\n

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to study regulation of underwater sound KINGSTON, R.I. — September 18, 2001 — Jamestown resident Elena McCarthy, a Ph.D. candidate in the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Marine Affairs, has been awarded a $13,000 environmental fellowship from the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. The fellowship will help to fund her dissertation research into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}