Community | March 10, 2009 | 3 comments

(Don't) Pump up the Volume: Sound Waves Silence Whales' Song

source: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=sound-waves-silence-whale-song

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The U.S. Supreme Court says the Navy can use active sonar in despite evidence that it and other noise pollution can deafen, and even kill denizens of the sea and skies

By Brendan Borrell
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3 comments // (Don't) Pump up the Volume: Sound Waves Silence Whales' Song

  • csmonut
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      csmonut  

    • Pollute the air, soil, water and sea.
      It's okay to allow sea life to perish in the name of national security.
      Is there nothing that man won't destroy in the name of national security?

    • 3 years ago
  • Vierotchka
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      Vierotchka  

    • The noise pollution in the seas also "drowns" the communication between whales. Until a few decads ago, whales could hear each other from one pole to the other. Today, this is no longer possible for them. Another thing that the sonar pollution from the navies of the world does to whales is to confuse them and their sense of direction, which could be one of the reasons why every now and then, whales and other cetaceans strand themselves onto beaches.

    • 3 years ago
  • stopnoise
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      stopnoise  

    • Is that simple? Knowing what does to animals, birds and amphibians should be an easy deduction towards finding out what it does to humans. Well, not to San Francisco Transportation Authority that act controversially and thus harass and abuse people daily with noise.

    • 3 years ago
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