(ANSA) – ROME, MAY 10 – The war in Ukraine could have caused an increase in the deaths of dolphins in the Black Sea. Scientists from the Turkish Marine Research Foundation (Tudav) are convinced of this, according to the Guardian. Researchers believe that increased noise pollution in the northern Black Sea, caused by some 20 Russian navy ships and ongoing military activities, may have pushed the cetaceans south to the Turkish and Bulgarian coasts, where they are blocked or captured. in fishing nets in unusually large numbers.
Since the start of the war, Turkey has seen an increase in beaching of the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) along the Black Sea coast. More than 80 animals have been found dead in the country’s western Black Sea, which the Turkish Marine Research Foundation (Tudav) described it as “an extraordinary increase”. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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