Rerouting ships to avoid killing whale sharks has little cost, study finds

Ships Could Avoid Killing The Endangered Whale Sharks For Just 1% More Fuel, Study Finds

Rerouting ships to avoid whale sharks uses less than 1% extra fuel, showing how shipping can protect endangered marine life with little added cost.

Study: Shipping Can Avoid Endangered-Species Habitat at Minimal Cost

In a study aimed at demonstrating that shipping can support marine conservation efforts without significantly increasing costs, researchers in the UK...

Southampton study finds rerouting ships around shark hotspots has little cost

Diverting shipping traffic to protect endangered marine life could come at minimal cost.

Rerouting ships to avoid killing whale sharks has little cost, study finds

Redirecting shipping traffic to avoid collisions with whale sharks has very little impact on fuel use, according to new research led by the University of Southampton published in Royal Society Open Science.

Activists Claim Rerouting Ships To Avoid Whales Is Too Much Pollution - Science Says No

Avoiding marine life hotspots won't produce a lot more emissions but it's still higher cost. And when the world's greatest polluter by far, China, won't change

University of Southampton Study Finds Low-Cost Shipping Measures Could Reduce Whale Shark Collisions

Simulated voyages show rerouting or speed reductions can protect aggregation sites with fuel impacts generally below or at one per cent IN BRIEFKEY TAKEAWAYSFAQs Research led by the University of Southampton finds that shipping companies could reroute vessels around whale … Read the full press release →