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May 05, 2008
High-Tech Sound Detectors to Warn Ships of Right Whales
Scientists have engineered a high-tech system of submerged listening posts stretching across 55 miles (88 kilometers) of Massachusetts Bay that can detect the sounds of the critically endangered animals.
The protection measures are a critical step for protecting the few remaining right whales. After being hunted to near-extinction, only 350 to 400 individuals remain, and experts say their populations have not grown much over the past century.
Full Story at National Geographic
Posted by sue at May 5, 2008 12:23 PM