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Endangered Cook Inlet belugas continue to decline, scientists aren’t sure why

Cook Inlet beluga whales are continuing to decline in number, according to a NOAA abundance estimate released last month. From Alaska’s Energy Desk, Kavitha George has the story of how the decline in belugas is both controversial and largely unexplained. Cook Inlet beluga. (Photo by Paul Wade/NOAA) The decline of the white whales in the inlet in view of Anchorage …

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