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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.
Geotimes March 2003 Greg Peterson	Effects of ocean noise on marine mammals still noisy A committee of acousticians, oceanographers and marine biologists found that surprisingly little is known about the long-term trends in ocean noise, and even less about its effects on marine mammals.
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 Nicholas Makris	New Sonar Technology Reveals City-size Schools of Fish Low-frequency sound waves improve ocean sensing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Adventure March 2004 Tim Cahill	Moby, Duck! The southern right whale survived three centuries of hunting, but now a little birdie is picking on it- to death.
Outside May 2006 Philip D. Armour	Bloody Business Norwegian fishermen call it an honest day's work. Greenpeace calls it a violent crime. The issue is the annual hunt for North Atlantic minke whales.
Outside July 2010 Tim Zimmermann	The Killer in the Pool Last February, a 12,000-pound orca dragged his SeaWorld trainer into the pool and drowned her, it was the third time the killer whale had been involved in a death. Was it human error, or can a killer whale choose to kill?
Salon.com October 30, 2001 Amy Standen	Roger Payne After fighting to protect whales for 30 years, the biologist who discovered that humpbacks sing still feels nothing but awe for the huge "impossible animals"...
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.
National Defense September 2004 Brian Markle	Sensor-Enhancing Software Helps Detect Diesel Submarines One of the technologies now being used by the German and Swedish navies to counter the threat of quiet submarines is a software architecture called the scalable generic signal processor, or scalable GSP.
National Defense April 2008 Grace Jean	Navy to Deploy Robotic Sub Hunters The Navy this fall plans to test new unmanned vehicles and sensors that were specially designed to detect diesel-electric submarines in coastal waters.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2007 John Keller	Ocean Mines Have Nowhere to Hide The U.S. Navy prepares to deploy several new mine-detection and disposal systems that employ a wide variety of electro-optic, signal-processing, and machine-automation technologies.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 John Keller	New Ship Takes Lead in Countermine and Anti-Submarine Warfare The Navy's Littoral Combat Ship will use a broad range of autonomous and semiautonomous surface and subsurface vehicles, as well as advanced networking communications, for use against terrorists as well as conventional foes.
Popular Mechanics March 2008 Joe Pappalardo	3 New Ways the U.S. Navy Will Fight Underwater Terrorism A lone diver can disable a warship from below the waterline using an explosive charge. The Navy can locate divers with sonar but is looking for ways to stop them.
Real Travel Adventures February 2011 Karen Hamlin	A Marine Wonderland In Virginia Beach In 1996, the Virginia Marine Science Museum tripled its size to offer an encompassing view of Virginia's unique marine environment: the Chesapeake Bay, fresh water rivers and the Atlantic Ocean.
Real Travel Adventures September 2008 Bonnie & Bill Neely	Baleen Whales In Quebec We were fascinated to visit Mingan Island Cetacean Studies (MICS), the non-profit center for research for the rorqual whales, so named because they have baleens instead of teeth and have folds in their lower jaw to allow it to expand.
National Defense April 2007 Scott C. Truver	Mines, Improvised Explosives: A Threat to Global Commerce? The United States confronts the formidable task of protecting some 95,000 miles of coastlines and thousands of miles of inland waterways, including 361 ports.
Outside June 2009 Michael Roberts	Whale Warriors An enterprising television series on Paul Watson's ragtag navy has made saving the whales cool again. But can eco-pirates actually save them?
National Defense November 2005 Harold Kennedy	Navy's High-Speed Vessel Aids Relief Effort The HSV-2 Swift may be a forerunner of a next-generation fleet of fast, shallow-draft American-built transports capable of operating close along the shorelines of the world's hot spots.
Real Travel Adventures October 2005 Larry Taylor	Cruising With Whales Off Baja Clipper cruises take passengers for close encounters with mother whales and their calves. Touch them. Take their pictures.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 John Keller	Navy Seeks to Enhance Undersea Surveillance to Optimize Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations One possibility is to use data from sonobuoys with active sonar and temperature-measuring capabilities-to determine the most effective ways of searching for hostile submarines in littoral areas.
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.
National Defense November 2007 Breanne Wagner	Navy's Mine-Hunting Technologies Wait for The Littoral Combat Ship The Navy has a new suite of anti-mine technologies designed to roll on and off a ship as needed. It just doesn't have the ship yet.
National Defense September 2013 Valerie Insinna	Navy Anticipates Smoother Waters for LCS Mine Countermeasures Module The service is testing a mission module comprised of various countermine systems, some of which have encountered setbacks that have forced it to scrap and rework certain plans. Navy officials say that the ship will be ready to hunt mines in 2019.
Popular Mechanics September 24, 2008 Michael Milstein	5 Eco Crimes Unmasked by DNA Sleuths' High-Tech Spy Game New DNA databases have begun to help environmentalists and regulators uncover the truth behind everything from the origin of ivory from poached elephants to cheating in fishing contests.
Popular Mechanics August 28, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	5 Reasons the U.S. Navy's Scared (and What They're Doing About It) It's a well-known rule of thumb in military circles: protection from the things that scare the Pentagon receive R&D money.
National Defense November 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Facing Uncertainty, Navy Contemplates `Alternative Futures' Navy officials worry that fleet expansion efforts could be wrecked if the Defense Department cuts naval budgets to pay for the addition of thousands of troops to the Army and Marine Corps over the next four years.
National Defense December 2005 Grace Jean	Navy Faces Expanded Mission Portfolio, Declining Resources In preparation for future shifts in military priorities and resources, Navy officials have gone to great lengths to spell out their vision for the service's roles in protecting U.S. interests and bolstering global security.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2006	Royal Navy Employs New Sonar System on T23 Frigates The United Kingdom Royal Navy is fitting a new naval sonar system, the Sonar 2087 from Thales U.K. in Addlestone Nr Weybridge, England, to eight of its Type 23 frigates.
Science News April 30, 2005	Whale Songs Listen to the songs of whales and the sounds of the ocean near Maui, Hawaii at this Web site.
Real Travel Adventures June 2008 Bonnie & Bill Neely	Whale Watching Along Cote Nord, Quebec Portnewf-sur-Mer is the place to go for whale watching.
Real Travel Adventures July 2008 Larry Taylor	Sailing on Cruise West in the Sea of Cortez The Sea of Cortez offers whale watching, swimming with the seals, and hiking toward vistas of the deep blue water.
National Defense August 2011 Grace V. Jean	Drone Sensor Data Will Overload Networks, Navy Officials Warn The expected growth of unmanned systems at sea is raising concerns that the Navy's networks are ill prepared to handle the commensurate flood of data that the sensors will produce.
National Defense March 2012 Eric Beidel	Navy Leaders Want a More Flexible Fleet After fighting two land wars for a decade, the military is putting an emphasis back on the sea and is shifting its focus to the Asia-Pacific region and to a more maritime-weighted mission in the Middle East.
National Defense November 2006 Grace Jean	Navy Leaders to Articulate Current and Future Missions Recent efforts by the Navy to deploy forces for ground combat and engage in other non-traditional duties are signs that the service intends to be relevant in the U.S. war on terrorism.
Outside July 2003 Brad Wetzler	The Wild File Can dolphins and whales breathe through their mouths?... Why is there a "hole" in the Continental Divide in Wyoming, and where does rain that falls there end up?... With so many species dying off due to habitat destruction, are new species being born?
Real Travel Adventures October 2008 Bonnie & Bill Neely	Best Inter-generational Days at Mystic Aquarium There is so much going on at Mystic Aquarium it is impossible to see and do it all in one day, but you can get your hand stamped for re-entry the following day at no extra cost.
Salon.com February 24, 2001 Daryl Lindsey	More embarrassing revelations for the Navy A leaked internal report acknowledges that civilians onboard the USS Greeneville may have played a role in the crash that killed nine...
National Defense January 2009 Grace V. Jean	Taking Cues From New Administration, Naval Forces Shift Focus to Soft Power The Navy and Marine Corps will be turning more attention to "soft power" missions in the coming years, officials said.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2009 Edward J. Walsh	Navy steps out on MODERNIZATION Top Navy leaders are struggling to balance the right kind of ships, the best number of platforms, and the best mix of electronic and electro-optic technologies to meet the changing worldwide threats of the 21st century.
National Defense September 2004 Harold Kennedy	Costs, Delays Surface Again for New Attack Submarines Just a year after U.S. Navy officials assured Congress that they had taken steps to stem rising costs and production delays for the newest family of nuclear-powered attack submarines, they now concede that problems may not have gone away.
National Defense January 2007 Grace Jean	`Conversation with the Country' yields a cacophony of opinions At the Navy's first "Conversation with the Country" maritime strategy symposium here at the Naval War College, handheld polling devices were distributed to audience members, who were asked for opinions on how they viewed the Navy's role in the nation's defense.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2008 Edward J. Walsh	Navy Advances Surface-Ship Technologies Program managers go all-out on open systems and COTS to upgrade existing destroyers, cruisers, and other surface warships, while looking ahead to new destroyer and cruiser electronics and electro-optics technologies.
National Defense March 2009 Grace V. Jean	Greater Demand for 'Soft Power' Reveals Shortfalls in The Navy They seek naval expertise in nontraditional missions such as training foreign navies to protect their coastlines.
National Defense April 2010 Grace V. Jean	Navy's Energy Reform Initiatives Raise Concerns Among Shipbuilders The secretary of the Navy's announcement last fall of several initiatives to wean the sea service off fossil fuels has generated excitement but also some trepidation among energy researchers and defense contractors.
Salon.com February 23, 2001 Daryl Lindsey	Minding social graces on a nuclear submarine What really happens when civilians enter the tight confines of a vessel of war? The Navy captain who wrote "Run Silent, Run Deep" gives his account...
National Defense August 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Inefficient Shipbuilding Jeopardizes Navy's Expansion Goals The Navy owns 277 ships, but somehow manages to keep 551 different engines in its inventory. Such inefficients partly explain why the cost of buying and maintaining ships has spiraled out of control.