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NEWS ABOUT: sonar

sonar stories: 10 news summaries

 Air France Tail Found 


Jun 8, 09 1:33 PM CDT
(AP) - Brazilian searchers found a large tail section from an Air France jet today, one of the biggest pieces yet recovered from wreckage that could help narrow the search for Flight 447's black boxes. A US Navy team is bringing in high-tech underwater listening devices to detect pings from the data... More »

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black box • Atlantic Ocean • Brazil • United States • plane crash • US Navy • airplane • sonar • Air France Flight 447

Navy, Greenies Settle
Sonar Dispute

Both sides declare victory in long-running lawsuit

Dec 28, 08 12:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The Navy and environmental groups both declared victory today after the two sides settled a lawsuit over sonar and its effect on whales and other marine mammals, the Los Angeles Times reports. The settlement, reached Friday, calls for Navy ships to avoid sensitive areas and reduce or halt sonar when... More »

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environment • Navy • sonar • whales • environmentalists

 Supreme Court 
 OKs Navy Sonar 
 Near Whales 

5-4 decision sides with Bush administration

Nov 12, 08 12:49 PM CST
(Newser) - The Supreme Court sided 5-4 with the Bush administration today, exempting the Navy from switching off high-powered sonar near whales during training off California's coast. The piercing underwater sounds panic whales and make their ears bleed, environmentalists tell the Los Angeles Times. But the “public interest” in the exercises... More »

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Bush administration • environment • Navy • US Supreme Court • sonar • whales

 Noisy Humans 'Drowning Out' 
 Marine Mammals 

Report urges humans to turn down industrial volume in world's oceans

Sep 15, 08 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whales and dolphins are seriously suffering from the noise that human industry and militaries release into the ocean, an animal-welfare group warns—and we need to turn the volume down before we do irreversible damage. Sonar is implicated for mass stranding and deaths of whales and dolphins, the BBC reports,... More »

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ocean • noise • dolphins • marine mammals • sonar • whales

Supreme Court Will Hear
Navy Sonar Appeal

Justices also reject environmentalists' challenge to US-Mexico border fence

Jun 23, 08 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the US Navy's objection to a court order that ships may not use sonar within 12 miles of the California coast because high-frequency signals are harming whales and other marine life, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Bush administration argues that the judge... More »

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Mexico • Department of Homeland Security • US Navy • border fence • US Supreme Court • sonar • whales

 Volvo Promises
 Crash-Proof Car
 By 2020 

Road deaths will be history, Swedes say

May 1, 08 4:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Volvo executives have vowed to create an un-crashable, injury-proof car by 2020, Reuters reports. The car manufacturer is adapting technology developed for commercial aviation to create a vehicle that will take over the controls in a dangerous situation and brake or steer out of harm's way. Engineers are hopeful such... More »

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safety • Ford • Volvo • radar • Mercedes Benz • engineering • sonar • biomechanics • behavioral science

 WWII Ship Found After 66 Years 

Legendary HMAS Sydney sank in battle with German raider

Mar 17, 08 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - A legendary Australian war ship sunk in the Indian Ocean by a German raider during World War II has been found nearly intact after 66 years, the Australian PM confirmed today. The HMAS Sydney sank after a 30-minute battle with the Kormoran in Australia's greatest tragedy at sea. The wreckage... More »

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Australia • Germany • shipwreck • sailor • Indian Ocean • history • World War II • Kevin Rudd • sonar • discovery

Appeals Court Nixes Sonar Exemption Claim by Navy

But court sets aside protections for marine life for another 30 days

Mar 2, 08 5:25 AM CST
(Newser) - The US Navy is not exempt from laws that ban whale-harming sonar, a federal appeals court has ruled. The Bush administration had contested an earlier ruling, arguing that halting sonar use when whales are nearby poses "significant restrictions on our ability to train realistically." Whales and dolphins have... More »

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whale • Southern California • US Appeals court • US Navy • marine life • dolphins • sonar • submarine training

Dolphin Dies Near Sonar Site

It washes up as Navy is challenging restrictions on tests

Feb 22, 08 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Researchers are trying to determine what killed a female dolphin that washed up on an island off the coast of San Diego—an area where the Navy conducted controversial sonar tests, the Los Angeles Times reports. The dolphin washed up as the Navy challenges court-imposed restrictions on the use of... More »

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whale • US Navy • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration • dolphins • marine mammals • sonar • San Nicolas Island • mass strandings • Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program • Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center • National Marine Fisheries Service • bends

Turks Find Hitler's 'Lost Fleet'

Three German U-boats located in Black Sea

Feb 4, 08 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Three World War II U-boats, known as "Hitler's lost fleet," have been discovered off the Turkish coast, the Telegraph reports. A Turkish team combined archival research with sailor interviews and sonar technology to find the wreckage, part of the six-boat fleet that dogged Russian ships in the Black... More »

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Germany • Adolf Hitler • Black Sea • sailor • Nazi • history • World War II • submarine • Romania • U-boats • Hitler's lost fleet • sonar • discovery

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