With Arctic shipping routes increasingly used by merchant shipping, an ice-free Arctic Ocean could put the resistance and adaptability of marine mammals to the test. Ship strikes and increased light and noise pollution can be problematic for whales and seals. Experts expect these problems to become more and more common with the emergence of Arctic shipping lanes such as the Northwest Passage and the Northeast Passage.<\/p>\n
Dany Dumont, oceanographer at the Rimouski Institute of Ocean Sciences (ISMER), explains that, according to some climate models, \u201cwithin the next few decades, in September, when the Arctic is at its warmest, it will be possible to pass directly through the North Pole.\u00a0In this context, how can the promising economic development of the Arctic Ocean be reconciled with its increasingly vulnerable ecosystem?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
With Arctic shipping routes increasingly used by merchant shipping, an ice-free Arctic Ocean could put the resistance and adaptability of marine mammals to the test. Ship strikes and increased light and noise pollution can be problematic for whales and seals. Experts expect these problems to become more and more common with the emergence of Arctic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":41873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[491,20,492,493],"class_list":["post-43153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-arctic","tag-beluga-en","tag-marine-mammal","tag-narwhal"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n