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Letter: Too much chatter at sea may hamper marine life

Published 25 August 2021

From Michael Allen, Ottawa, Canada

Whales and dolphins already have enough difficulty communicating because of pervasive human-generated marine noise (7 August, p 15).

Now we learn that humans are going to make life more difficult for them by transmitting their clicks and whistles to hide secret underwater messages. I imagine that for cetaceans it will be akin to us trying to have a conversation with someone in the middle of a crowded, noisy cocktail party.

Issue no. 3349 published 28 August 2021

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