Narwhals become quieter as the Arctic Ocean grows louder
Arctic Shipping Noise Forces Narwhals to Go Silent, Threatening Survival of “Sea Unicorns” As the Arctic’s icy waters grow increasingly noisy with industrial shipping, narwhals—the elusive “unicorns of the sea”—are responding in a way that alarms marine biologists and Indigenous communities alike: they’re going silent. A groundbreaking study published in Nature reveals that narwhals, already […]
