{"id":4846,"date":"2015-06-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/seismic-sonar-testing\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T10:54:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T10:54:37","slug":"seismic-sonar-testing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/oceans\/save-the-whales\/seismic-sonar-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Seismic &#038; Sonar Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>While whales and other marine life are threatened by international whaling and habitat loss, they also face a domestic threat. Navy sonar testing and seismic testing from the oil and gas industry regularly take place in areas where marine species thrive. Find out more about the impacts and what you can do to help.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Seismic Testing<\/h2>\n<p>According to government estimates, 138,500 whales and dolphins will soon be injured and possibly killed along the east coast of the U.S.\u00a0if exploration companies are allowed to use dangerous blasts of noise to search for offshore oil and gas.<\/p>\n<p>And\u00a0geophysical companies\u00a0<strong>\u2014\u00a0<\/strong>working on behalf of oil and gas corporations\u00a0<strong>\u2014 \u00a0<\/strong>are seeking permission from the government\u00a0to use seismic airguns to search for offshore oil and gas in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>These airguns use loud blasts on a recurring basis, going off every ten seconds, for 24 hours a day, often for weeks on end. They are so loud that they penetrate through the ocean and miles into the seafloor, then bounce back, bringing information to the surface about the location of buried oil and gas deposits.<\/p>\n<p>Airgun blasts harm whales, dolphins, sea turtles, and fish. The types of impacts marine mammals may endure include temporary and permanent hearing loss, abandonment of habitat, disruption of mating and feeding, beach strandings, and even death. Seismic airguns could devastate marine life, harming fisheries and coastal economies along the Atlantic coast.<\/p>\n<h2>Sonar Testing<\/h2>\n<p>Along the entire east coast as well as\u00a0in Hawaii, Southern California, and the Gulf of Mexico,\u00a0the Navy plans to test\u00a0<span class=\"il\">sonar<\/span>\u00a0and explosive devices so deafening they cause whales to abandon their normal feeding grounds and migration patterns.\u00a0The Navy\u2019s own report states that more than\u00a040 marine mammal species will be impacted, including the endangered humpback whale and the blue whale.<\/p>\n<p>For marine mammals caught closer to the training exercises, the pain they would suffer would be immense<strong>.\u00a0<\/strong>The powerful\u00a0<span class=\"il\">sonar<\/span>\u00a0blasts will destroy their hearing and even cause their brains to hemorrhage. Naval\u00a0<span class=\"il\">sonar<\/span>\u00a0has already led to mass whale strandings, as disoriented whales attempt to escape the noise.<\/p>\n<p>The National Marine Fisheries Service is responsible for the protection of these marine mammals, but instead of tossing out the Navy\u2019s training plan, it gave\u00a0the Navy the green light.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re continuing to\u00a0document and bear witness to these issues. Join the movement to protect ocean life if you want to get involved!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While whales and other marine life are threatened by international whaling and habitat loss, they also face a domestic threat. Navy sonar testing and seismic testing from the oil and gas industry regularly take place in areas where marine species thrive. Find out more about the impacts and what you can do to help. 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