Source: WRAL, 1/31/17

 The sonic tests used to map the ocean floor in order to explore for oil and gas is scaring fish away from reefs, according to a first-of-its-kind study released by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researcher.  Avery Paxton, a marine ecologist with UNC's Institute for Marine Sciences, has for two years been studying the effects of loud manmade noises on fish in the ocean. 

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