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o0oo00o0o t1_j346u7l wrote

Reply to comment by Mikel_S in Wind power is built at an increasing pace but its effect on nature and animals is poorly known. Researchers investigated the impact of wind turbines on bat presence and activity in Finnish boreal forests. The results indicate that wind power repels bats and drives them away from important habitats. by universityofturku

Don’t know about Finland, but I work in environmental engineering in the US and in the mandated environmental reviews we do for these types of projects there is literally an entire chapter devoted to bats and their habitats in order to ensure whatever negative impacts that might result from the project are properly mitigated

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mediandude t1_j3a8wwt wrote

But do you also do that for marine mammals (and fish) on shipping noise?
And what about radars for air travel?

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o0oo00o0o t1_j3ax77w wrote

Yes to all. There is a chapter on marine mammals and several chapters on different kinds of fish. These reports are thousands of pages long and take 5-10 years of study and analysis.

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mediandude t1_j3bs5pg wrote

The whales and dolphins are still mass dying.

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