July 20, 2020 By Lauren Sommer NPR
As the COVID-19 pandemic slows international shipping and keeps cruise ships docked, scientists are finding measurably less noise in the ocean. That could provide momentary relief for whales and other marine mammals that are highly sensitive to noise.
Whales Get A Break As Pandemic Creates Quieter Oceans
A group of humpback whales feeding together just outside Glacier Bay in August 2018. National Park Service photo taken under National Marine Fisheries Service Scientific Research Permit