Shipping noise impairing ability of humpback whales to forage in North Atlantic

8/11/2016
22, 2005 file photo, a humpback whale breaches on Stellwagen Bank about 25 miles east of Boston. A study in the Royal Society's journal Biology ...
CONCORD, N.H. One of the biggest threats to humpback whales spending their summers in New England is being hit by a passing ship.
The North Atlantic always has enormous shipping activity, and that is increasing. In the western ocean, humpback whales,Megaptera novaeangliae ...
8/10/2016
(NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A new study finds that noise made by ships in the north Atlantic is impacting the feeding behavior of humpback whales.
A new study looking at humpback whales in the New England area finds man-made noise disruption to impact the creature's feeding habits. According ...
One of the biggest threats to humpback whales spending their summers in New England is being hit by a passing ship. But a collision isn't all they ...
Noise from ships impedes humpback whales from foraging for food, and could have long-term impacts on the health of these majestic creatures, ...
Researchers writing Wednesday in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters found that some whales in the Gulf of Maine changed their foraging ...
Whales may modify their diving behaviour in response to a perceived threat from ship noise, researchers believe. Photograph: Nick Ut/AP.
8/9/2016
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A study has found that noise from shipping in North Atlantic waters is impacting the feeding behavior of humpback whales.
Increased shipping noise is disrupting the foraging behaviour of humpback whales in the North Atlantic, according to a new study. Scientists in the US ...
The team collected data from 10 whales within the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, which is a popular whale watching site between Cape ...

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