Navy’s Deadly Sonar Threatens Whales
The U.S. Navy is refusing to take commonsense measures that could protect whales from being needlessly killed by high-powered sonar. Scientists have linked the use of mid-frequency sonar to hundreds of whale strandings and deaths around the world.
Navy warships use underwater speakers during routine sonar testing and training that blast the ocean with noise up to 245 decibels -- a sonic barrage roughly comparable to a Saturn V rocket at blast-off. That onslaught is so intense it can drive whales to panic and cause their organs to hemorrhage. Act now
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"Whales should not have to die for military practice."Environmental activist James Taylor speaks out.
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