From: DB@cocks.net   
      
   Maybe instead of "climate change," the hundreds of barrels of DDT dumped   
   off the California coast in the '50s and '60s have ruptured and are   
   killing off the whales and other creatures of the sea.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2025/08/07/science/blue-whales-going-silent-o   
   f-coast-of-california-alarming-scientists-with-greater-ecosystem-danger/   
      
   Sounding the alarm.   
      
   The sound of the blue whale’s singing has decreased off the coast of   
   California, frightening scientists who believe it is an indication of   
   greater ecosystem danger.   
      
   Scientists tracked the auditory songs of three whale species – blue, fin   
   and humpback – in the North Pacific Ocean in the California Current   
   Ecosystem (CCE) over six years.   
      
   A blue whale surfaces in the Pacific Ocean near Dana Point, California.   
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   A blue whale surfaces in the Pacific Ocean near Dana Point, California.   
   AP   
   The research, using a hydrophone on the ocean floor, analyzed the   
   frequency of the structured sequences of sounds, commonly referred to as   
   song, emitted by the large baleen whales, to define the prevalence in   
   this foraging habitat and its potential use in behavioral ecology research.   
      
   The study, published in Public Library of Science in February, found a   
   decrease in song detection for both blue and fin whales across two of   
   three interannual changes after 2017.   
      
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   Recordings began in 2015, at the peak of a multi-year marine heatwave.   
      
   The unusual warming began in 2013 when a large, dense pool of hot water,   
   nicknamed The Blob, traveled from the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska down   
   to the waters off the West Coast of the US.   
      
   At the same time, the CCE food web toxicity was at high levels because   
   of an extreme harmful algal bloom (HAB) that caused the “most widespread   
   poisoning of marine mammals ever documented, including in whales,” the   
   study read.   
      
   Waters were recorded to be 4.5 degrees hotter than average, and covered   
   about 2,000 miles of the Pacific Ocean by 2016.   
      
   Map of sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) in May.   
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   The sea surface temperature of the Pacific Ocean during “The Blob” in   
   May 2015.   
   ASA Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center   
   The heatwave created a thriving environment for the bloom, killing off   
   the krill population, and in turn quieting the waters with fewer blue   
   whale songs.   
      
   “When you really break it down, it’s like trying to sing while you’re   
   starving,” John Ryan, a biological oceanographer at the Monterey Bay   
   Aquarium Research Institute who coauthored the report, told National   
   Geographic. “They were spending all their time just trying to find food.”   
      
   Ryan described it as the “most widespread poisoning of marine mammals   
   ever documented,” creating hard times for the whales.   
      
   Blue whale songs decreased by 40 percent during the study period.   
      
   A humpback whale swims alongside its calf in the ocean waters.   
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   Researchers drain a sample collection of krill caught off the coast of   
   San Francisco, Calif. on Sept. 25, 2019.   
   San Francisco Chronicle via Gett   
   The tail of a blue whale above the water surface in the Pacific Ocean   
   off the coast of Dana Point on May 30, 2011.   
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   The tail of a blue whale above the water surface in the Pacific Ocean   
   off the coast of Dana Point on May 30, 2011.   
   ZUMAPRESS.com   
   The study suggests blue whales had to forage in a larger area in 2019   
   because of a low abundance of krill in the tracked area.   
      
   Blue whales – the world’s largest mammal – maintain a strict krill-based   
   diet, but their humpback counterparts forage on a wider range of krill   
   and fish.   
      
   The Blob did not make an impact on the population of foraging fish —   
   anchovies and sardines — and the study found an increase in auditory   
   detection of humpback whale songs.   
      
   Interannual change from the smaller whale species increased from 34   
   percent to 76 percent of days over the six years.   
      
   A humpback whale swims alongside its calf in the ocean waters.   
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   A humpback whale swims alongside its calf in the ocean waters.   
   Chris – stock.adobe.com   
   Disturbed by the sound of silence, scientists are trying to understand   
   the long-term damage caused by “The Blob” and similar anomalies believed   
   to have tripled in occurrence since the 1940s, according to the outlet.   
      
   “There are whole ecosystem consequences of these marine heat waves,”   
   study co-author and Monterey Bay Aquarium marine biologist Kelly   
   Benoit-Bird told the outlet. “If they can’t find food, and they can   
   traverse the entire West Coast of North America, that is a really   
   large-scale consequence.”   
      
      
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   The longer foraging period results in less reproductive effort by the   
   marine species, creating a smaller population of the blue whale.   
      
   “Where they are, and what they’re doing can tell you a lot about the   
   health of the ecosystem,” regon State University ecologist Dawn Barlow   
   told National Geographic. “The Blob really highlighted how long-term   
   these consequences can be.”   
      
   “Science shows that climate change is impacting the oceans,” she said,   
   “Listening and learning from these places is essential to our future.   
   Now more than ever, it’s important to listen.”   
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