Hello, we are the Carijonas podcast team. This podcast series about soundscapes of the Mediterranean Sea was originally produced in Spanish. However, so that you can enjoy this story in English, we used artificial intelligence voices. Everything else is done by humans.

In this series of three podcast episodes, we will talk about Soundscapes in the Mediterranean Sea, one of the world's major maritime transport scenarios. It represents only 1% of the Earth's marine surface, but 15% of the world's maritime activity is generated in its waters.

For this episode, we visit the surroundings of Barceloneta and talk to some citizens about the Mediterranean Sea. In addition, we traveled to the Bioacoustic Applications Laboratory of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia to speak with its director, Michel André. One of the scientists who has done the most research on the consequences of the sound of human origin in seas and oceans.

This story was produced with the support of Internews Earth Journalism Network