Hear This: Ship Noise Stresses Whales

Quiet oceans make for calmer right whales, new research suggests. When fewer ships sail the Bay of Fundy, the big baleen whales are less stressed — as evidenced by hormone levels in their poop.

Quieter oceans make for less-stressed whales

Quiet oceans make for calmer right whales, new research suggests. When fewer ships sail the Bay of Fundy, the big baleen whales are less stressed — as evidenced by hormone levels in their poop.

Scientists find link between whale stress and ocean noise

A halt in shipping traffic after the 9/11 attacks proves ocean noise is stressing whales Hélène Hofman An ocean experiment that was accidentally conducted during the shipping silence following the 9/11 attacks has shown the first link between underwater noise and stress in whales. AP reports that a team of researchers led by Rosalind Rolland from the New England Aquarium analysed noise ...

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Ocean noise is a whale of a stressor

Post-9/11 quiet calmed marine mammals