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Study Reveals Whale Calls Could Help Map Ocean Floors | IE – Interesting Engineering
Using whale calls has certain advantages over using air guns, the first one being the disruptive nature of air guns.
Mapping ocean floors is crucial for recognizing seismic activity and evaluating carbon storage capacity. To perform this activity, scientists use large air guns that send loud sounds down to the surface and back up again.
This process however is very expensive and disrupts marine mammals’ natural habitat. Now, scientists have figured out a way to use whale sounds for the same purpose.
Fin whales are 60 to 85-foot-long (20 to 25 mt) animals whose cries can be heard up to 600 miles (1,000 kilometers)…
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