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Scientists to Obama: Less Ocean Noise, Please

October 7, 2009

Posted by Michael Jasny in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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bluewhales, dolphins, nationaloceanpolicy, obama, oceannoise, okeanos, sonar

If, like me, you're desperately concerned about the fate of the oceans, probably the most hopeful development this year is President Obama's launch of a new National Oceans Policy.  The task force he convened in June recently came out with...continued

Whales and the Knife's Edge

June 12, 2009

Posted by Michael Jasny in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
cetaceans, marinemammals, navy, sonar, thebends, whales

One of the big questions in marine mammal research these days is how Navy mid-frequency sonar kills marine mammals.  Some scientists have looked to decompression sickness, or "the bends," for an answer, since investigators have repeatedly found bends-like symptoms in...continued

Michael Jasny
Michael Jasny
Senior Policy Analyst
Vancouver, B.C., and Santa Monica
I grew up in an industrialized part of New Jersey, unconcerned about environmental issues (or,...
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