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Does Offshore Wind Construction Hurt Ocean Life? Massachusetts Scientists Study Noise Impact.
"The species are lowered in the water and exposed to pile driving every seven seconds," the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute said.
November 22, 2024
WOODS HOLE—Researchers in Massachusetts are studying how noise from the construction of offshore wind turbines impacts ocean life.
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The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is studying how "pile driving" during the installation of giant turbines affects small sea creatures like flounder and lobsters.
"The species are lowered in the water and exposed to pile driving every seven seconds," WHOI said. "While the steel post being used by researchers at the WHOI dock is only a foot wide, the data can be scaled up and compared to the 30-foot-wide pile drivers being used by wind developers."
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Tagging a lobster with a special monitor/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/CBS Boston
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