Sonar and Marine Mammals: A Summary
Do naval testing exercises directly cause whale and dolphin strandings? Here’s a summary of what we’ve learned about marine mammals and sonar so far this year.
Do naval testing exercises directly cause whale and dolphin strandings? Here’s a summary of what we’ve learned about marine mammals and sonar so far this year.
Today’s highlights include a study about the effects of navy sonar, oysters fighting ocean acidification and earthquake hazards in the Indian Ocean.
Today’s highlights include the iconic CO2 (Keeling) curve, one of the US’s deadliest fisheries and a sea turtle robot built to help analyze the movement of sea turtle hatchlings.
Here’s a roundup of other stories worth reading this weekend, including pirates, fishing, Pangaea, the melting Arctic and great white sharks.
A report states that the Navy’s plan for testing submarines and weapons systems in the ocean will have “negligible” impacts on marine mammals, but environmentalists claim it will cause “unprecedented harm.”
Blackfish, a documentary focusing on Tilikum, the orca responsible for the death of a Sea World trainer in 2010, will make it to U.S. theaters this summer.
Check out this great post from TakePart about six different films and books that highlight the plight of captive orcas.
New research shows that the survival of whales and dolphins depends on the quality of their diets.
Researchers from NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center have published the results of their 2009 count of Steller sea lion pups in Alaska, which shows improvement in some areas and further decline in numbers in others.