WWF-led report says LNG ship traffic in B.C. could dramatically increase whale deaths
The peer-reviewed study, published Thursday, predicts that two fin whales and 18 humpback whales could die each year from ship strikes, up from what is currently estimated to be less than one fin whale and three to four humpback whale deaths annually. The single largest source of mortality risk for whales in the region comes from the LNG Canada project, which is expected to dramatically increase shipping traffic in the region, according to the study.
The authors say fin whales, the second largest creatures on the planet and the species most often struck and killed by commercial ships, only recently returned to this coastal habitat, which will soon be traversed by LNG tankers.In the depths of the Amazon, Brazil is building an otherworldly structure — a complex of towers arrayed in six rings, poised to spray mists of carbon dioxide into the rainforest.
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