SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Navy plans to increase sonar testing over the next five years, even as research it funded reveals worrying signs that the loud underwater noise could disturb whales and dolphins. Reported mass strandings of certain whale species have increased worldwide since the military started using sonar half a century ago.
Navy Expands Sonar Testing Despite Troubling Signs
Despite a fifty-year history of increased whale strandings, the U.S. Navy has plans to increase sonar testing over the next five years.