WindAction | Whale strandings fuel controversy: Are offshore wind farms to blame?
Before constructing offshore wind farms, developers employ geophysical surveys to map the seafloor and geological layers beneath it using sound waves. Concerned communities are becoming more suspicious that geophysical surveys play a role in these whale deaths. “They’ve been doing all this work,” said Bonnie Brady, executive director of the Long Island Fishing Association. “And about the time that the work started is when the whales started piling up.”
Source: windaction.org
