Hear This: Ship Noise Stresses Whales

Quiet oceans make for calmer right whales, new research suggests. When fewer ships sail the Bay of Fundy, the big baleen whales are less stressed — as evidenced by hormone levels in their poop.

Whales Stressed By Ship Noise, Research Suggests

Quiet oceans make for calmer right whales, new research suggests. When fewer ships sail the Bay of Fundy, the big baleen whales are less stressed -- as evidenced by hormone levels in their poop.

Optimal conversation lowers stress in relationships

Washington, Feb 10 : Young couples who easily engage in rewarding conversations with their partners, experience less relationship stress and higher satisfaction, say researchers.

Research finds ways that young couples experience less relationship stress, higher satisfaction

Young adults who easily engage in rewarding conversations with their partners are less likely to hold onto anger and stress and more likely to be satisfied with the relationship, according to new research. Researchers are also looking at factors that relate to positive dating relationships or problematic relationships.

With optimal conversations, young couples experience less relationship stress, higher satisfaction: study

(Medical Xpress) -- The happiest young couples may be involved in a different kind of engagement. Young adults who easily engage in rewarding conversations with their partners are less likely to hold onto anger and stress and more likely to be satisfied with the relationship, according to research from Kansas State University.

Scientists find link between whale stress and ocean noise

A halt in shipping traffic after the 9/11 attacks proves ocean noise is stressing whales Hélène Hofman An ocean experiment that was accidentally conducted during the shipping silence following the 9/11 attacks has shown the first link between underwater noise and stress in whales. AP reports that a team of researchers led by Rosalind Rolland from the New England Aquarium analysed noise ...

Quieter oceans make for less-stressed whales

Quiet oceans make for calmer right whales, new research suggests. When fewer ships sail the Bay of Fundy, the big baleen whales are less stressed — as evidenced by hormone levels in their poop.