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fromArs Technica
1 day ago

Narwhals become quieter as the Arctic Ocean grows louder

Underwater noise from Arctic shipping causes narwhals to go silent, stop feeding, and move away, threatening marine ecosystems and Indigenous food security.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The narwhals stop calling': how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic

A hydrophone in this shipping corridor off Baffin Island, Nunavut, captures their calls as the tusked whales navigate their autumn migration route to northern Baffin Bay. But as the Nordic Odyssey, a 225-metre ice-class bulk carrier servicing the nearby iron ore mine, approaches, its low engine rumble gives way to a wall of sound created by millions of collapsing bubbles from its propeller.
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