Whales May Be Deafened by Ultrasound Gas Hunt, Greenpeace Says

“Seismic blasting is the one of the loudest sounds in the ocean, and the noise pollution can cause irreparable harm to whales’ hearing,” Greenpeace Australia Pacific Senior Campaigner Richard George said in a statement on Tuesday. “Whales use their hearing to communicate and find food, so a deaf whale is a dead whale.”