I was concerned to read today that the World Conservation Union (IUCN) has downgraded the status of the majority of the world’s humpback whale populations.

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The Voyage of the Odyssey was a five-year global expedition designed to gather the first ever baseline data on levels of synthetic contaminants throughout the world’s oceans. It is using sperm whales as indicator species for measuring the health of the seas. The findings will create a baseline understanding that will inform future scientific research [...]