Learn About Acoustics

Bioacoustics is the study of the sound of life. To understand acoustics, you need to understand many things about physics, and sound. Here is a collection of links to resources that I have found really helpful in explaining some of the difficult concepts in bioacoustics.

The Naked Scientists explain why helium makes your voice sound funny

Radiolab talks about Noise Filtering, by coaxing the sound of a grandmother's singing out of tape hiss

Radiolab explains that to increase a sound by 3 dB, you need to double the power (and also explore whether the fabled walls of Jerico could have been destroyed with trumpets).