More ways to wreck whale ears

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Let’s see. Most of the world has agreed to protect whales from extinction; whales rely on sound waves to navigate, communicate, in short, survive; so what we’ll do is shoot “air guns” (sounds so innocuous, right?) into the ocean whose deafening sound can be heard from the California coast clear to the other end of the Pacific? This makes sense in whose world? The answer in a second; meanwhile, check out whale expert Dick Russell’s piece in Mother Jones special oceans coverage on another sound source that has been causing whales to beach themselves en masse, some with their brains literally scrambled. Now–ready? The air guns (which are bad for squid, too) are “critical in the search for tomorrow’s oil and gas resources,” according to Exxon Mobil.

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