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More than 30 dolphins wash up dead on beach after oil spill near southern Russia | World News
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Experts have said 32 dolphins have died since oil oozed out of two tankers in stormy weather three weeks ago near southern Russia. The spill happened in the Kerch Strait waterway, which separates the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula from Russia’s southern Krasnodar region. The deaths are “most likely related to the fuel oil spill”, said the…
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Dolphins ‘forced to shout’ over noise pollution which could threaten population levels, study suggests | Science & Tech News
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Dolphins shout at each other over increasing levels of underwater noise pollution, new research suggests. Sounds generated by humans may force the animals to make louder and less effective whistles, according to experts from the University of Bristol. Dolphins rely on echolocation to hunt and reproduce, meaning activities like drilling and shipping could affect the…