The Over-whale-ming Plastic Problem
Second year PhD student Greg Merrill discusses various impacts of plastic pollution in this article written for the New Security Beat, a blog for the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program.
A New Population of Blue Whales Was Discovered Hiding in the Indian Ocean
Lab Member Charles Muirhead coauthors a paper identifying a new population of Blue Whales! Check out the New York Times article to learn more about how the team used acoustic data to distinguish the previously unidentified population.
U.S. Navy Highlights Behavioral Response Study
Check out this post to watch how the Nowacek Lab is working with the U.S. Navy to understand how varying levels of sonar exposure affect whale behavior!