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this is Scientific Americans 62 Science. I'm Jeff Devisio.

Today we're going to do something completely different.

We're going to offer you a break with the pandemic and politics

by taking you on a three-part sound journey to the Amazon.

We'll eavesdrop on some incredible creatures in the world's largest rainforest.

Think of it as a soundscape turned into a sound escape.

Today, Part 1, into the river.

Our guide for this audio trip is Tim Weaver.

Tim is a professor of emergent digital practices

and a multimedia and sound artist at the University of Denver. is a to some far-reaching soundscape ecologies today from research that I've been conducting

off of the main stem of the Amazon on the Peruvian border with Brazil.

Tim, could we start out by talking a little bit about what you do?

Tell us about soundscape ecology.

One way of looking at ecological stability or what's happening in the dynamics of the

economies is looking at the sound of spaces or the acoustic

ecology. It's a newer area in terms of looking at exchange of information in

ecologies and diversity.

And with recording technology, there's amazing ways to look at this.

And so we're looking at everything from the residences of forests.

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