Russia’s war in Ukraine has killed more than 120,000 Black Sea dolphins, researchers say
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Ivan Rusev of Ukraine’s Tuzly Lagoons national park told Al Jazeera that hostilities since Russia’s 2022 invasion have killed bottlenose and short-beaked dolphins and harbour porpoises at rates hundreds of times above normal, with about 50,000 deaths in 2022 alone and more than 120,000 by 2026—roughly one in four Black Sea cetaceans. Sonar, explosions, and missile fire disrupt echolocation; munitions chemicals and oil spills from sunk or damaged ships further harm the ecosystem.
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