WorldWideWhale.com
A Web site dedicated to Cetaceans, the whales and dolphins of this blue planet,
and the people who fight to save them.
and the people who fight to save them.
Threats to Cetaceans!
Unfortunately, there are abundant natural as well as unnatural events which threaten our Cetacean friends.
Normal threats can incorporate interspecies hunting and climate/environment changes.
Abnormal threats involve commercial hunting and degradation of their environment.
Photo courtesy of the National Park Service.
Mostly, these threats are difficult to sort into convenient categories and determining the largest threats can be illusive. For example it has been said that global environmental changes are extremely widespread and appear to be increasing. Increased levels of chemical contaminants, rising sea surface temperatures, decreasing sea-ice coverage, human population increases resulting in increased whaling, ozone depletion and ultraviolet-B (UV-B Radiation), as well as disease outbreaks such as the morbillivirus have whiped out entire species of oceanic life.
Solutions to these problems are slow and frustrating at best, but progress is being made.
Check out these links for information about whaling, pollution, surface impacts, and ocean noise to see how you can help.