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Nature 415, 106 (10 January 2002) | doi:10.1038/415106a

Whale deaths caused by US Navy's sonar

Mark Schrope

The US Navy has admitted that its use of a high-intensity sonar system caused a rash of whale strandings and deaths in March 2000.Sixteen beaked and minke whales were found stranded on beaches in the Bahamas shortly after US Navy ships using the high-intensity sonar had passed by.