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Algal Blooms Linked to Largest Die-Off of Great Whales Ever Recorded
2015-10-29 19:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In Argentina baby whales have been dying off the coast in increasingly high numbers for the past decade and no one has known exactly why. "The average number of right whale deaths per year at Peninsula Valdes jumped more than 10-fold, from fewer than six per year before 2005 to 65 per year from 2005 to 2014," reports National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries West Coast Region. "Even more striking," they say, "90 percent of the deaths from 2005 to 2014 were very young calves...
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Navy to limit some training that harms whales in Pacific
2015-09-15 00:19:21| Airlines - Topix.net
The Navy agreed to limit its use of sonar and other training that inadvertently harms whales, dolphins and other marine mammals off Hawaii and California in a settlement with environmental groups approved Monday. A centerpiece of the agreement signed by a federal judge in Honolulu includes limits or bans on mid-frequency active sonar and explosives in specified areas around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California, Earthjustice attorney David Henkin said.
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Pilot whales killed after UK Royal Navys bombing, says report
2015-06-25 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The noise from underwater bombs exploded by the UK Royal Navy resulted in the death of 19 pilot whales off the north coast of Scotland in 2011, a report from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs has confirmed.
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Nine endangered fin whales found dead in Alaskan waters
2015-06-20 01:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Nine endangered fin whales have been found dead in Alaskan waters in recent weeks, and researchers said on Friday they were searching for what might have killed them. The dead whales were discovered in waters from Kodiak Island, off the south coast of mainland Alaska, to Unimak Pass at the eastern end of the Aleutian Islands, researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks said in a statement. The number of dead whales reported since late May has vexed researchers who typically see no more...
Humpback Whales Are Starving, and Climate Change Is to Blame
2015-06-19 00:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
TakePart: Two months ago, a dead humpback whale washed up onto the beaches of Washington state. Although the cause of its death remains a mystery, initial observations found that the whale was overly thin, with little blubber and little of its associated oil, which humpbacks use for fuel and warmth. It was not an isolated occurrence. In Western Australia, the number of humpback whale stranding events has been on the rise for the past several years. The region used to see just two or three dead whales a year;...
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