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Hello,
Scott Taylor from the University of Calgary will present in our seminar series on Friday, February 10, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. This is going to be an in-person-only event.
The title of the talk is “Is Noise Pollution killing Killer Whales?”
Abstract: Orcinus Orca is the world’s largest predator, and simultaneously a significant tourist asset and cultural icon for much of the Pacific Northwest. In the past two decades the Southern Resident Killer whales (SRKW) have declined by more than 25 percent, and this population appears on a slow-motion path towards extinction. The cause of this decline is hotly debated. This paper employs new data, a new model of noise pollution generation, and quasi-experimental methods from environmental economics to resolve what has been somewhat of a puzzle. We find consistent evidence that vessel noise pollution from commercial shipping has lowered fertility and raised mortality of the SRKW significantly. Noise pollution is a growing threat to marine mammals.
We will meet in the Kanta Marwah Seminar Room (D-880 Loeb) in the Department of Economics.
Please email me (Dana, dana.galizia@carleton.ca) if you have any questions.