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Panel links underwater mapping sonar to whale stranding for first time
2013-10-08 21:49:36| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The mysterious stranding of about 100 melon-headed whales in a shallow Madagascar lagoon in 2008 set off a rapid international response - a few of the eight- to 10-foot marine mammals were rescued, necropsies conducted, a review panel formed.
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Panel links underwater mapping sonar to whale stranding for first time
2013-10-07 04:43:07| Chemicals - Topix.net
The mysterious stranding of about 100 melon-headed whales in a shallow Madagascar lagoon in 2008 set off a rapid international response - a few of the eight- to 10-foot marine mammals were rescued, necropsies conducted, a review panel formed.
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Ocean Power Technologies Demonstrates Sonar Surveillance in DHS Autonomous PowerBuoy Application
2013-10-01 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
PENNINGTON, N.J. – Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPTT) ("OPT" or "the Company") today announced the successful in-ocean operation of an acoustic sonar system integrated with its APB-350 Autonomous PowerBuoy®, marking an important expansion of the system's maritime surveillance capabilities.<br /> <br /> In addition to the sonar's ability to detect sub-surface vessels, the three-week demonstration off the coast of New Jersey under a previously announced U.S. Department of ...This story is related to the following:Sensors, Monitors and TransducersSearch for suppliers of: Sonar Equipment
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Sonar blamed for mass stranding of whales
2013-09-30 20:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Live Science: Four years ago, about 100 melon-headed whales mysteriously entered a shallow lagoon system in northwest Madagascar and became stranded. Now scientists say the creatures' demise was likely brought on by sonar used to map the ocean floor for ExxonMobil. Previous research has suggested that sonar can be harmful to marine mammals. The underwater noise can mask the calls of dolphins and whales and scare them away from their feeding grounds. Naval exercises using sonar have been linked to a 2008 stranding...
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Exxon Mobil sonar mapping implicated in mass melon-head whale deaths
2013-09-30 19:08:07| Chemicals - Topix.net
Sonar used by Exxon mobile to map the ocean floor is now being blamed for the demise of approximately 100 melon-headed whales that became stranded in a the shallow Loza Lagoon in Madagascar from May to June 2008.
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