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As the US begins to build offshore wind farms, scientists say many questions remain about impacts on the oceans and marine life
December 01, 2023, Erin L. Meyer-Gutbrod
As renewable energy production expands across the U.S., the environmental impacts of these new sources are receiving increased attention. The Conversation asked USC marine scientist Erin L. Meyer-Gutbrod and others to explain the key findings of a recent report on how offshore wind farms in the Nantucket Shoals region could affect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.