Rerouting ships to avoid killing whale sharks has little cost, study finds
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Redirecting shipping traffic to avoid collisions with whale sharks has very little impact on fuel use, according to new research led by the University of Southampton published in Royal Society Open Science.
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same study on rerouting ships to avoid shark hotspots and its low cost, with no conflicting facts.
1h agoAlso reported by dailyecho.co.uk (found in GDELT's list of news articles)
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