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'Acoustic smog' is major threat to whales, say researchers
Source: Posted: 10-09-2008 at 10:00:54
| BARCELONA (AFP) mdash; Underwater cacophony caused by commercial and military ships has become so intense that it is killing whales, scientists at the World Conservation Congress here say.
Sounds ranging from the hum of yacht motors to sonar blasts strong enough to destroy a whale's inner ear are wreaking havoc on the ability of these cetaceans to migrate, feed and breed, they said on Thursday as a historic case began to be heard by the US Supreme Court. |
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