Man-made noise also increased the risk of separation between humpback whales and their calves. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PARIS - Scientists warned on Tuesday that controversial seabed mining could significantly threaten ocean ecosystems, especially blue whales and other cetaceans already stressed by shipping, pollution and climate change.
This phenomenon, called “auditory masking”, has been previously shown to interfere with the communications of marine mammals and to alter their behaviour. Dr Thompson also pointed to knowledge gaps in the distribution of marine mammal species, mainly due to the high cost of biological surveys across vast expanses of ocean.
The region is poised to become home to the world’s largest extraction of manganese nodule, a mineral crucial in electric car batteries.
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