Are offshore wind farms responsible for recent whale deaths?

This many whale deaths in this short a time span is "unprecedented" and notes that preconstruction for the Empire Wind project has led to substantially "more ships and vessels in the area, which increase potential ship strikes, and sonar can deafen or disorient whales, leading them into the path of oncoming vessels."

In other words, drilling massive holes into the sea floor to erect the mammoth-sized wind turbines could be wreaking havoc on a species that uses sound to navigate the waters, find mates, and hunt for food.

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