Whale Collisions Surge as Chile's Industrial Shipping Lanes Expand - One Green Planet

Whale Collisions Surge as Chile's Industrial Shipping Lanes Expand - One Green Planet

Cargo ships are killing whales off Chile’s coast at alarming rates—and researchers say it’s just the tip of the iceberg. The post Whale Collisions Surge as Chile’s Industrial Shipping Lanes Expand appeared first on One Green Planet.

‘It’s like putting a whale in a blender’: the rise of deadly ship collisions in Chile

The memory of a blue whale gliding past his small boat haunts Patricio Ortiz. A deep wound disfigured the cetacean’s giant body – a big chunk had been ripped from its dorsal fin. Cargo ships are the only adversary capable of inflicting such harm on a blue whale, he says. “Nothing can be done when […]