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Detecting whales, protecting whales

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Caren B. Les, [email protected]

Human activities often have an intrusive effect on nature – whether we build suburbs on formerly forested lands or pollute streams with factory runoff, the things we do affect the world’s other inhabitants. But a small group is looking to mitigate the impact of some human activities on the largest of our neighbors: whales. Noise pollution resulting from maritime activities such as pile driving during wind farm construction and airgun use in the search for oil and gas have been implicated in whale stranding events. There are even noise-mitigation regulations stipulating that...Read full article

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    Published: October 2013
    airgunsAlfred Wegener InstituteBiophotonicscamerasCaren B. LesDaniel P. ZitterbartEuropeFirstNavyGermanyHelmholtz Center for Polar and Marine ResearchImaginginfrared camerasnoise mitigationnoise pollutionpile drivingPLOS ONEPolarsternPostscriptsRheinmetal Defence Electronicsthermal imaging systemwhale detectionwhale protectionwhaleswind farm construction

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