OpinionOctober 4, 2020
When Whales Stop Calling
Seismic surveys looking for oil and gas deposits are interfering with cetacean communication, likely stressing the marine mammals
Stories by Taylor L. Machette
Taylor L. Machette is a senior at Princeton University majoring in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and earning a certificate in Environmental Studies. She's an aspiring marine mammologist, and she's done research projects on species ranging from bottlenose dolphins to blue whales. After Princeton, she plans to enter a Ph.D. program to study how anthropogenic noise affects baleen whale acoustic communication. She can be reached at machette@princeton.edu.