Consequences of climate change: hundreds of whales washed ashore in Tasmania

More than 200 whales have been found on the beach, and according to reports, half of them are still alive.

This is not the first incident of its kind in Tasmania, an island state off the southern coast of the Australian continent.

Yesterday, 14 dead young whales, most of them males, were found washed ashore on King Island

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09/21/2022

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 1:33 p.m. Updated: 1:38 p.m.

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More than 200 whales washed up in Australia in recent days and were found on the west coast of Tasmania.

According to the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service, half of the marine mammals of the natav species (a medium-sized marine mammal belonging to the dolphin family of the cetacean series) are "still alive".

According to the report, experts arrived at the scene to assess the situation and plan an "appropriate response".

It was also reported that there is no need for volunteers to come and help.

David Midson, head of the West Coast Council, a government body in Tasmania, called on residents to stay away from the area where the whales washed up.

"The whales are a protected species, even after their death, and it is an offense to mess with a carcass (of a whale)," said the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Tasmania.

"Warmer temperatures can change ocean currents" (Photo: GettyImages)

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According to Olaf Meing, a marine biologist at Griffith University in Australia, it is unusual for humpback whales to wash ashore.

He said warmer temperatures could change ocean currents and shift the whales' traditional food sources.

"They will come to different areas and look for different food sources," Meinck said.

"They could be starving and that could lead them to take more risks and maybe get closer to the shore."

This is not the first incident of its kind in Tasmania, an island state off the southern coast of the Australian continent.

Yesterday, 14 dead young whales, most of them males, were found washed ashore on King Island, part of the state of Tasmania located in Bass Strait.

In 2020, hundreds of whales were washed into the seaport on the island.

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