Noise Pollution Impairing Auditory Perception Of Marine Animals: Study

Human noise pollution causes a disastrous effect on marine animals by impairing their ability to communicate underwater, revealed a research report published in journal named 'Science'. Scientists say fishes and other sea creatures depend on sounds to interact and locate potential breeding and feeding locations and detect predators. However, changes in the ocean soundscape owing to amplified noise from shipping traffic, motorized fishing vessels and other alike human activities damage their auditory perception.