Saving Whales Using Drone Technology with Gina Lonati
from Science, Solutions, Santa Cruz Hosted by Seymour Studios
Climate change is pushing whales to change faster than the people who study them can keep up. Cetacean research senior manager Gina Lonati reveals how drones, thermal imaging, and long-term monitoring are transforming the way scientists track gray whales, humpbacks, and entanglement risk along the California coast. Marine Mammal Center Hotline for injured animals: 415-289-SEAL Chapters: 00:00 — Duchess of Anchovy rescue 05:38 — Drones spark whale research 09:54 — Inside the Marine Mammal Center 13:48 — Tracking changing whale populations 18:31 — Humpbacks face growing threats 22:44 — Preparing for ocean changes 28:02 — Ropeless crab gear explained 31:43 — A day surveying whales 37:33 — Drones transform whale science 44:26 — The disentanglement mission
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