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Shipping noise can travel much further underwater than through the air. If the effect being shown is real then I wouldn't be shocked if sound were the culprit.
by hansvm 6y ago
Shipping noise can travel much further underwater than through the air. If the effect being shown is real then I wouldn't be shocked if sound were the culprit.
- ironmagma 6y agoFurthermore, vessel noise has been shown [1] to be significantly detrimental to several species of whale already. [1] https://www.sanjuanjournal.com/news/how-vessel-noise-affects-killer-whales/ https://www.sanjuanjournal.com/news/how-vessel-noise-affects...
- tgsovlerkhgsel 6y agoFor scale, the latitude lines are drawn at 0.2 degree increments, i.e. 12 nautical miles or 22 km apart (1 degree of latitude - or 1 degree of longitude if and only if you're at the equator - is 60 nautical miles).