Showing posts with label offshore wind turbines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label offshore wind turbines. Show all posts

Sunday, 24 May 2015

Offshore wind turbine construction could be putting seals' hearing at risk

Date: May 19, 2015

Source: British Ecological Society (BES)

Summary: Noise from pile driving during offshore wind turbine construction could be damaging the hearing of harbour seals around the UK, researchers have found. They say more research is needed on how noise affects marine mammals' hearing and into engineering solutions to reduce noise levels.

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