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Inventor tackles ocean noise drowning out whale songs
Original: Whales can’t hear each other in the noisy ocean. This inventor has a solution 200 years in the making. https:// fed.brid
Popular Science reports on an inventor working to cut the underwater noise from boat propellers that stops whales hearing each other across the ocean. Ship noise pollution has grown for two centuries alongside global shipping, interfering with whale communication, navigation and mating calls. The story highlights a technological fix that could reduce harm to marine mammals.
Why now: Growing concern about shipping noise and its impact on whale communication is drawing attention to proposed solutions
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- Whales can’t hear each other in the noisy ocean. This inventor has a solution 200 years in the making. https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.pops ci.com/environment/boat-propeller-whales-noise-pollution/ · popsci.com@web.brid.gy · 6
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