Report: Sonar Causes Deafness in Dolphins
What many people had already assumed has now been proven true. Sonar has the ability to temporarily deafen dolphins. A new study, courtesy of Aran Mooney and others from the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, confirms that continuous sonar "pings" cause temporary hearing loss in dolphins (and most likely other cetaceans). Mooney and his team did find, however, that the dolphins would have to be ...








