Underwater Noise from Arctic Shipping: Impacts, Regulations and Recommendations

Marine mammals, including whales, walrus, and seals, rely heavily on sounds for survival. The Arctic soundscape has long been shaped by their clicks and calls. The rapid loss of summer sea ice that's been observed in recent years is opening this once largely inaccessible region to ship traffic....

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Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Wildlife Fund (WWF) 2017
Subjects:
Energy and Environment
Arctic
Sea ice
walrus*
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spelling ftissuelab:oai:harvest.issuelab.org:27416 2023-05-15T14:33:41+02:00 Underwater Noise from Arctic Shipping: Impacts, Regulations and Recommendations Arctic Region 2017-04-04 pdf https://issuelab.org/resources/27416/27416.pdf https://issuelab.org/permalink/resource/27416 eng eng World Wildlife Fund (WWF) https://www.issuelab.org/resources/27416/pdf_cover_285.png https://issuelab.org/resources/27416/27416.pdf https://issuelab.org/permalink/resource/27416 Copyright 2017 by World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Energy and Environment report 2017 ftissuelab 2022-01-09T08:53:07Z Marine mammals, including whales, walrus, and seals, rely heavily on sounds for survival. The Arctic soundscape has long been shaped by their clicks and calls. The rapid loss of summer sea ice that's been observed in recent years is opening this once largely inaccessible region to ship traffic. The low-frequency sounds that ships generate propagate efficiently and travel vast distances in deep water marine environments. This means that the Arctic is becoming noisier, which could have a profound impact on marine mammals. Report Arctic Sea ice walrus* IssueLab (Nonprofit Research) Arctic
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