After the June 2024 stranding of more than 100 dolphins off Cape Cod in the US state of Massachusetts, social media posts claimed offshore wind farms are to blame for the unprecedented event.
This handout photograph released by the International Fund for Animal Welfare shows responders trying to aid dolphins stranded in shallow mud flats along the coast of Cape Cod on June 28, 2024 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts / HANDOUT) But the claim is baseless; the area has shallow waters where cetaceans are frequently trapped, and experts told AFP there is also no scientific evidence linking wind energy to the deaths of large marine mammals.
"Dozens of species will become extinct because of wind energy," Wiegand -- who goes by the handle @deadturbines on X -- alsohe first large offshore wind farm of New England, located off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, started producing electricity at the start of the year. But the claims that tie mass marine mammal deaths to wind activity are not backed by scientific evidence, experts at government and non-profit agencies told AFP.), public affairs officer at the Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , told AFP on July 3.) -- although no direct causation -- between wind speeds, ocean current speeds and an increased number of cetacean mass stranding events in Cape Cod.
But such disturbances can come from many sources -- including military testing, oil and gas exploration, and ocean vessels -- they are not specific to surveying for wind energy projects. AFP that while the construction of renewable energy structures can produce substantial noise,"no significant impact has been noticed" during the operating phase of the wind farms.https://www.youtube.
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