Scientists hope underwater fiber-optic cables can help save endangered orcas

Mongabay
Oct 15, 2025, 3:59 pm187 ptsTrendingTop
SAN JUAN ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — Scientists from the University of Washington recently deployed a little over 1 mile of fiber-optic cable in the Salish Sea to test whether internet cables can monitor endangered orcas. The technology is called Distributed Acoustic Sensing. It transforms cables into continuous…

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