Arctic Ice Melt, Increased Shipping Endangers Whales: Study – CBC News
Credit: Kit M. Kovacs, Christian Lydersen/Norwegian Polar Institute via Associated Press
Article Synopsis – “Melting ice caused by climate change has given ships more access to Arctic waters, which researchers say could have serious consequences for the survival of bowhead and beluga whales”. The ships pose a risk not only of ship strikes, but of noise pollution. “The noise problem is not species-specific and affects all creatures in the icy Arctic waters that use echolocation to communicate and hunt for food”. To read the actual article click here.