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Geotimes October 2004 Naomi Lubick	Sound Data for Seismic Array In the fall of 2002, the R/V Maurice Ewing halted a seismic survey in the Gulf of California after two whales beached on the Baja side of the sound. The sound from the ship's array of air guns disturbed the marine mammals.
Real Travel Adventures June 2008 Linda Ballou	When the Whales Stop Singing The battle beneath the surface of the ocean goes on unnoticed as whales are continually entangled in mankind's underwater contraptions.
National Defense April 2008 Grace Jean	Dolphin's Brain Holds Secret to More Sophisticated Sonar By studying how the marine mammals interpret the signals they emit and receive in the water, researchers believe they can eventually develop a short range, high-resolution sonar.
Scientific American September 2008 Lucas Laursen	Seismic "Noise"--Oil Prospecting Data Could Decipher Ocean Mixing A ring of warm, salty water in the Atlantic was recently imaged with seismic survey data taken 15 years ago
Geotimes April 2007 Kathryn Hansen	Ocean Waves Drive Earth's Hum High-energy near-shore waves are the main source of energy for the constant seismic background noise known as Earth's "hum."
National Defense April 2008 Grace Jean	Diesel-Electric Submarines, the U.S. Navy's Latest Annoyance Nations in the western Pacific have begun to acquire stealthy diesel-electric submarines, which could one day threaten U.S. access to strategic coastal areas of the world or interrupt the flow of commerce around the globe.
Searcher Nov/Dec 2003 David Mattison	Information on the Seven Seas: International Ocean Science Web Resources (Part 2) A look at three areas of international cooperation in ocean science research: the physical and chemical ocean, meteorology, and marine life.
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 Nicholas Makris	New Sonar Technology Reveals City-size Schools of Fish Low-frequency sound waves improve ocean sensing.
National Defense December 2006 Grace Jean	Undersea Range Planned for Anti-Submarine Warfare The Navy has proposed constructing an undersea warfare training range off the East Coast to prepare sailors for anti-submarine missions in shallow waters. Opponents to the plan say the sonar activity will harm marine life in the area.
National Defense April 2008 Grace Jean	Undersea Combat Simulators Needed, Navy Says The Navy is worried about quiet diesel-electric submarines that are proliferating around the world and particularly in the western Pacific. But officials say the bigger challenge is training sailors to find and engage those submarines.
Geotimes February 2004	Call for ocean policy overhaul America needs a new ocean policy. That's the message coming out of several sessions at last week's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences which focused on the health of America's oceans.
National Defense May 2007 Grace Jean	Scientists Bemoan Loss of Exploration Vessel The NR-1 small nuclear-powered submarine has been plying the world's oceans on scientific missions, but is schedule to be inactivated late next year.
Geotimes July 2004 Naomi Lubick	Ocean Management 101 In a recent report, the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy calls for a uniform national policy on ocean research -- including management of coastal areas such as the West Coast.
Geotimes April 2003 Christina Reed	The mighty, tiny larvae Understanding that marine larvae play a more active role in the ocean processes and have perhaps an evolutionary history of staying close to home provides impetus for shoreline communities to protect local habitats.
Popular Mechanics August 12, 2008 Laurie J. Schmidt	Sensor-Laden Super Seals Dive Deep for New Global Warming Data A behemoth marine mammal whose diving skills would put an Olympic athlete to shame has become a surprise player in climate-change studies
Geotimes April 2007 Kathryn Hansen	Ocean Budget Surges Under the fiscal year 2008 budget request, priority ocean projects would receive a budget increase totaling $143 million, countering the otherwise flat budget for earth science.
Financial Advisor June 2009 Jeff Schlegel	Liquid Investment Water provides an ocean of investing opportunities.
Geotimes May 2004 David Lawrence	New Centers for Ocean and Health Research The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) recently announced funding for four joint research centers to conduct basic research into how marine phenomena may harm or enhance people's health.
IEEE Spectrum March 2005 Philip E. Ross	Waiting and Waiting For the Next Killer Wave A tsunami alarm for the Indian Ocean may be worth the cost, but can it retain public support over the long haul?
Geotimes December 2005 Kathryn Hansen	Mammal Growth Spurt About 50 million years ago, mammals started to breathe easier -- and also to grow more easily, paleontologists say.
Science News February 9, 2008	Science Safari: Marine Cloudmakers Video that explains how marine particles get distributed to the atmosphere.
Smithsonian December 2005 Lawrence M. Small	A Whale Called Phoenix A very large mammal will help tell an even weightier tale -- about the ocean in this crowded, challenging century.
National Defense November 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Naval Leaders Make a Case for the Relevance of Sea Services An armed conflict at sea that interrupts commerce is bad news for most of the civilized world and should be prevented at all costs.
Geotimes December 2004 Sara Pratt	Acidic Waters Threaten Sea Life High acidity in the world's oceans may be threatening coral populations, such as those in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Outside December 2004 Brad Wetzler	The Wild File My son read an adventure book called Brian's Winter, in which it gets so cold that trees explode. Does that really happen?... Can earthquakes harm fish and marine mammals?... What's the oldest man-made object in space?... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009	Naval Oceanographic and Military Weather Signal Processing Job Goes to General Dynamics General Dynamics won a $22.2 million contract to deliver the company's NITES-Next ocean and weather intelligence processing software.
Geotimes July 2007 Kathryn Hansen	Ancient Ocean Burps A sediment core extracted from the ocean floor off the coast of Baja, Calif., indicates two "burps" of carbon dioxide were once released from a deep, stagnant part of the ocean.
National Defense January 2005 Robert Williams	Now Hear This: New Ear Plugs on the Way Military maintenance crews may soon be the beneficiaries of a small digital device that will protect them from permanent hearing loss caused by the roar of jet fighter turbines.
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National Defense December 2012 Thomas A. Benes	Navy, Marine Corps Rethink Expeditionary Warfare Expeditionary warfare is evolving to meet the demands of a future beyond the Iraq-Afghanistan conflicts. The Navy is rebalancing its forward deployment posture, and the Marine Corps is in transition from land-centric warfare.
Wired December 2004 Sylvia A. Earle	The Wild Blue Under The more we understand about life in extreme environments, the greater chance we'll know where to look in space.