sonar
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Tournament sponsors say the technology is attracting a younger, tech-savvy demographic to the sport, while Blaukat says anglers staring at sonar screens instead of honing their fishing skills “disrespects the sport.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Sea drones, including uncrewed surface vessels and submarines, use sonar to scan for mines without risking sailors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
"We watched them, we were able to track them, we dropped sonar buoys to demonstrate to them that we were monitoring every hour of their operation."
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
In 2003 and 2020, two studies published in Nature and in a journal of the Royal Society found links between the use of mid-frequency military sonar and whale strandings.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
It was also in 1967 that side-scan sonar proved indispensable in helping George Bass find what was then the world’s oldest shipwreck off the coast of Uluburun, Turkey.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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Earth Science - Middle School
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Earth Science - Introductory
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