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A Blainsville's beaked whale, photographed in Guam, a US territory in Pacific. CREDIT:ADAM U/NOAA
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To the list of humans assaults on our marine environment from giant garbage islands to over-fishing, add one that you can't see: noise pollution. US scientists led by Anne Simonis at the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Centre have identified a "strong association" between strandings of rare whale species and the use of sonar in anti-submarine warfare exercises.

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