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Scientists Troubled After Analyzing Waters Of Catastrophic Off-Shore Oil Spill Decade Later: "There Has Been This Massive Quieting"

17 Feb 2025 | Abstracted from The Cool Down

"Scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography submerged microphones 3,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico to analyze deep-sea audio recordings and estimate whale populations...the study determined that numerous whale and dolphin species have declined significantly. Sperm whale populations may have declined by as much as 31%, while certain dolphin populations may have dropped by 43%."

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