Firing seismic airguns to find new oil reserves in the Arctic Ocean is ‘alarming’ and could seriously injure whales and other marine life, according to a new scientific review. The oil industry is increasingly looking towards the region as climate change melts large areas of Arctic sea ice.
The report “A Review of the Impact of Seismic Survey Noise on Narwhals & other Arctic Cetaceans” by Cucknell, A c, Boisseau, o and Moscrop, A 2015, of Marine Conservation Research Ltd. is commissioned by Greenpeace Nordic.
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