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Nature 439, 376-377 (26 January 2006) | doi:10.1038/439376a; Published online 25 January 2006

Panel quits in row over sonar damage

Rex Dalton

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Programme to test how noise affects marine mammals seems doomed.

As the US Navy plans to expand its testing of sonar in the oceans, the creation of an independent research programme to find out how the noise may affect marine mammals seems doomed. Evidence is also emerging that the Navy may have been pressuring scientists to downplay links between sonar and damage to marine life.

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