Scientists hope to reduce whale fatalities from ship collisions. A new sound technology will detect when the endangered animals are present and then alert cargo ships to slow down. More Mesa is on the market for $65 million and community members may come together to try to purchase the coastal bluffs. And during Prohibition, Santa Barbara served as a hideaway for rum runners and many of the surrounding islands and caves were used for illegal operations.
To save the whales, scientists bring new ears to the ocean
Scientists with the Benioff Ocean Initiative drop an underwater microphone designed to reduce whale deaths caused by cargo ship strikes in the Santa Barbara Channel. Photo credit: Benioff Ocean Initiative
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