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Blue whales are going eerily silent—and scientists say it’s a warning sign

“When you really break it down, it’s like trying to sing while you're starving,” Ryan adds. “They were spending all their time just trying to find food.”

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/ocean-heat-wave-blob-whale-songs

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Blue whales are going eerily silent—and scientists say it’s a warning sign

A six-year study off California’s coast shows how marine heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it?

^{Avery Schuyler Nunn (Animals)}