IT is a harrowing sight even for battle-hardened veterans of mass strandings – pristine white sands strewn with the helpless bodies of the dead and dying.
Stretched out along the arcing spit of Tresness Beach in Orkney, the line marking the biggest mass stranding of whales in Britain for nearly a century appears to run on forever. In this place of natural beauty, a tragedy of unthinkable proportions has played out.
Civilian noise pollution could come from surveying for marine renewables or underwater cables or commercial shipping passing by with an engine emitting a particular frequency of noise.
‘I’m not saying it is any of those things,’ said Dr Brownlow. ‘And checking is time-consuming and complex because the ocean is not a quiet place any more, certainly not around Scotland.’ https://www.pressreader.com/article/281968907961517?fbclid=IwY2xjawEaz2dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZcpYPXRq6LzZKFPd70te8psJPb0KS9W4IXrm4Uz2d9BiVG8h8rv0H9Aow_aem_T3DdWGHiKkLuUyT_IlRiaQ
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