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<DIV jQuery1389487018956="4"><CITE><ABBR class=slug-jnl-abbrev
title=Science>Science</ABBR><SPAN class=slug-pub-date itemprop="datePublished">
10 January 2014: </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=slug-vol>Vol. 343 </SPAN><SPAN
class=slug-issue>no. 6167 </SPAN><SPAN class=slug-pages>p. 128 </SPAN><BR>DOI:
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title=10.1126/science.343.6167.128>10.1126/science.343.6167.128
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<H1 id=article-title-1 itemprop="headline">U.S. Regulators Unveil New Ocean
Noise Rules for Marine Mammals</H1>
<DIV id=contrib-1 class=last><SPAN class=name><A class=name-search
href="http://www.sciencemag.org/search?author1=Erik+Stokstad&sortspec=date&submit=Submit">Erik
Stokstad</A></SPAN></DIV>
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<H2><FONT size=3>Summary</FONT></H2>
<P id=p-2>Humans create all kinds of noise in the ocean—from sonars, blasts of
bubbles used to map the sea floor with sound, thumping pile drivers, and
underwater explosions triggered by the military and construction projects. Now,
new guidance from the National Marine Fisheries Service will require more
sophisticated analyses than are now required of how these sounds might injure
marine mammals, including whales, dolphins, and seals. Environmentalists hope
the guidance, which caps a 10-year effort to synthesize the best science on how
sound affects the animals, will lead to greater protection, but others aren't so
sure. </P></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>