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The effect of larger shipping noise on whales is something we don’t talk enough about. Also, there seems to be a bit of a gentleman’s agreement on sonar usage to avoid power/frequencies that would be really harmful to whales, but the moment one countries breaks that agreement, they will have a leg up because they could get better long range and more detailed data on the movements of another country’s navy.
There have been isolated test events that have lead to mass whale suicide.
These pressures are all gauge pressure, not absolute pressure. 1 bar gauge pressure would be about 2 bar absolute.