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Blast from air guns used in hunt for oil killing plankton and threatening marine ecosystems, scientists warn

The use of seismic surveys of the seabed – described as ‘dynamite-like blasts going off every 10 seconds for weeks or months on end’ – has ‘enormous ramifications’ for ocean health… Source

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