can right whales and offshore wind safely coexist?
Offshore wind developments and critically endangered right whales are sharing the same waters off our coast
CAI’s Eve Zuckoff has spent the last few months talking to scientists and cutting through misinformation
Vineyard Wind is building 62 turbines south of Martha’s Vineyard – each stands as tall as the Eiffel Tower
they’re important to define because there are just about 360 of these animals left in the world.
The first concern points to the fact that wherever offshore wind farms are being built and maintained,
There’s also a risk that more right whales could get entangled in marine debris that’s coming from the wind farms.
he third concern has to do with how wind farms could possibly affect the copepods
I talked to a professor from the University of Rhode Island who said whales will often swim away from loud sounds
South Fork Wind and Block Island Wind have finished construction, and Vineyard Wind is a year and change into building.
they could become huge climate change mitigation tools, putting us on track to get the ocean and planet’s rapid warming under control.
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