Abdullah
EAP2
Research paper

Hawaii whales

I love the sea, and that's how I became interested in this topic. The problem is located at the coast of Hawaii, where the U.S. Navy is doing its war game with other countries. The U.S. Navy is using the mid frequency sonar in this war game which is harmful for whales, and other mammals. According to New Standard, “mid-frequency sonar can harm whales and other marine life like dolphins and turtles (2006). Whales are big mammals that live in the ocean, and are sensitive, especially near the ears. And the mid frequency is killing them, but the U.S. Navy is saying that they are not killing whales. According to the U.S. Navy “Sonar is an invaluable tool to protect our nation,” and they are concerned about the dead whales near Hawaii ocean, According to the U.S. Navy “the Navy spends millions of dollars each year on marine mammal research to better understand the potent ional effects of manmade sounds on marine mammals to help ensure that Navy policy and compliance are based on real science. Finally, the federal judge ruled that the U.S. Navy cannot use sonar until they can show wither it is harmful to whales or not.

I plan on writing three things that should be done about the dead whales near Hawaii. First, the U.S. Navy should do their training where there are no whales, so they can save the nation and the environment at the same time. Second, the U.S. Navy should have machines that move the mammals from the mid frequency sonar because whales are very important for the environment. Finally, the U.S. Navy should develop their current sonar to be less harmful to the mammals so they can make the environment safer.

I have found a lot of articles that helped me to get a background information on the danger of the mid frequency sonar. I still need some articles about mammal’s lives to solve this problem.

References:

“Navy in hot water for undersea trainings.” (2006). The New Standard. Retrieved from http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/3382 on the (July 20, 2006)

United States Navy (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.whalesandsonar.navy.mil/understanding _sonar.htm on (July 20, 2006)