A smart buoy that can 'hear' the ocean and monitor climate change is part of a new effort to help endangered whales avoid ship collisions on their journey from Antarctica to the equator.
A buoy called 'Suyai' which will help to avoid ship collisions with whales, floats at the 'Corcovado' gulf area in the coast of Chiloe, Chile, October 10, 2022. Fundacion MERI/Handout via REUTERSCHILOE ISLAND, Chile, Oct 17 - A smart buoy that can "hear" the ocean and monitor climate change is part of a new effort to help endangered whales avoid ship collisions on their journey from Antarctica to the equator.
The area is teeming with marine life and has a large number of blue whales as well as Sei and Southern right whales during the summer season in the Southern Hemisphere."This is the beginning of a longer road," said Sonia Espanol, director of the Blue Boat Initiative, adding their hope is to cover the gulf with at least six buoys.
The area, brimming with fjords and islands, deals with a large volume of marine traffic responsible for sound pollution and a threat to sea mammals that depend on sound for navigation and hunting.
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