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Cheap microphones count the bombs hitting Indonesia's reefs

Some three-quarters of the coral around Indonesia's Spermonde Archipelago died between 1990 and 2022, mostly from blast fishing. Researchers there used low-cost underwater microphones and an algorithm that runs on a laptop to count the explosions, and verified…Some three-quarters of the coral around Indonesia's Spermonde Archipelago died between 1990 and 2022, mostly from blast fishing. Researchers there used low-cost underwater microphones and an algorithm that runs on a laptop to count the explosions, and verified…Expert summary pending. Showing the newcomer version.