‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
via theguardian.com
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Evidence that the whales and other marine animals are particularly vulnerable to sound is driving calls for quieter vessels The delicate clicks and whistles of narwhals carry through Tasiujaq, locally known as Eclipse Sound, at the eastern Arctic entrance of the Northwest Passage. A hydrophone in this shipping corridor off Baffin Island, Nunavut, captures their […]