Science · 2026-11-11

Rerouting ships to avoid killing whale sharks has little cost, study finds

Redirecting shipping traffic to avoid collisions with whale sharks has very little impact on fuel use, according to new research led by the University of Southampton published in Royal Society Open Science.

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