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Whale Ho!

3/29/2017 - [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBn9I8K9tZg?list=PLrPiQIeOoQZEEqImUSA42DwEw0YSSM-dk[/embed] The CHARLES W. MORGAN sails with the whales on Stellwagen Bank. July 11, 2014 https://www.mysticseaport.org/explore/morgan/ Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBn9I8K9tZg?list=PLrPiQIeOoQZEEqImUSA42DwEw0YSSM-dk SEE MORE
Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0 humpwhaleimage via Wikimedia Commons

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How much microplastic do whales eat? Up to 10 million pieces per day, Stanford research finds

1/21/2023 - By news.stanford.edu Analysis of ocean plastic pollution and whale foraging behavior tracked with noninvasive tags shows whales are ingesting tiny specks of plastic in far bigger quantities than previously thought, and nearly all of it comes from the animals they eat – not the water they gulp. BY JOSIE GARTHWAITE… SEE MORE

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How To Go Whale Watching On The Oregon Coast

4/21/2021 - By Jessica Tomlinson. Whale watching on the Oregon coast is a fun activity people enjoy year round, but especially during the winter and spring whale migrations, where up to 25,000 gray whales pass the Oregon coast.  Here are some tips to get you started on your whale watching journey. When… SEE MORE
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/science/beaked-whale-diving-record.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Science

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Beaked Whale Shatters Record With 3 Hour 42 Minute Dive

9/25/2020 - By Katherine J. Wu. The 1959 movie “Ben-Hur” runs some three-and-a-half hours long. A Cuvier’s beaked whale could watch the entire film underwater, never taking a gulp of air, with time to spare. “They are remarkable divers,” said Nicola Quick, a marine biologist at Duke University. These pointy-snouted cetaceans, which frequent the… SEE MORE
Humpback whale, Infinity

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Another Great Show During a Sunset Whale Watch

7/5/2012 - Our cetacean friends put on an incredible show during the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies' sunset whale watch on June 30, giving us all plenty of breaching, tail-slapping, and fin displays to keep us busy all evening. Here are a few shots from this memorable evening, all shot by our… SEE MORE
North Atlantic right whale Pediddle (#1012) and calf. This species was hunted nearly to extinction by commercial whalers in the 1800s, and continues to face threats from vessel strikes and entanglement in fishing gear. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

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Whales and Carbon Sequestration: Can Whales Store Carbon?

3/18/2024 - By fisheries.noaa.gov. The ocean captures about 31 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions, removing carbon from the atmosphere that would otherwise continue to trap heat and increase temperatures. Blue carbon, or carbon captured by ocean ecosystems includes: Carbon absorbed by aquatic plants, algae, and phytoplankton Carbon stored in the bodies of living animals… SEE MORE