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Inventor offers fix for ocean noise drowning out whales
Original: Whales can't hear each other in the noisy ocean. This inventor has a solution 200 years in the making.
Human-made ocean noise from shipping and industry is making it harder for whales to hear each other, disrupting communication and navigation. Popular Science reports on an inventor who has developed a solution drawing on technology rooted in work begun 200 years ago, aimed at reducing underwater noise so whales can communicate across their habitat.
Why now: A new proposed technological solution to the well-documented problem of whale communication being disrupted by ocean noise is drawing attention.
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- Whales can't hear each other in the noisy ocean. This inventor has a solution 200 years in the making. · Popular Science
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