Biologist Develops Method for Monitoring Shipping Noise in Dolphin Habitat
Nathan Merchant is a biologist who discovered a way to monitor underwater noises and frequences and track ships that make noises as well. The amount of noise in the water has been increasing and it is important to control the noise levels there because marine mammals like dolphins use sound as a sensory and their habitat can be stressed when noises come in it.
The reason I picked this article is because it shows how the noises that ships make can affect the habitats of marine mammals and it can lead to the decline of the population of those animals. If we try to stop or affect shipping, it can effect the world economicly because the ships help with trading and the world economics.
There are some ways to help these habitats, like trying to find routes that go around habitats. It would still be hard to fix this problem because ships use things like radar to know where to go but they release sound which does affect animals.
The reason I picked this article is because it shows how the noises that ships make can affect the habitats of marine mammals and it can lead to the decline of the population of those animals. If we try to stop or affect shipping, it can effect the world economicly because the ships help with trading and the world economics.
There are some ways to help these habitats, like trying to find routes that go around habitats. It would still be hard to fix this problem because ships use things like radar to know where to go but they release sound which does affect animals.