If you love whales, leave them in peace
A whale-watching trip can leave us with a lifelong sense of wonder, but the encounters are much less pleasant from the whales’ perspective, writes glaciologist Marco Tedesco. Studies have shown that approaching motorboats expose whales to noise of more than 170 decibels — comparable to the sound of a rocket launch — causing stress and limiting the animals’ ability to communicate. It would be more sustainable to use alternatives such as waiting with the engines off or using rowing boats, Tedesco says — or to just leave wildlife alone. “Using motorboats to simply take a photograph to satisfy your own vanity or sterile curiosity (different from a scientific one!) is not noble, let alone useful.”
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory | 4 min read
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