News tagged with sonar systems
Understanding methane's seabed escape
A shipboard expedition off Norway, to determine how methane escapes from beneath the Arctic seabed, has discovered widespread pockets of the gas and numerous channels that allow it to reach the seafloor.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Multibeam sonar can map undersea gas seeps
A technology commonly used to map the bottom of the deep ocean can also detect gas seeps in the water column with remarkably high fidelity, according to scientists from the University of New Hampshire and ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 06, 2011 |
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Toward cheap underwater sensor nets
UC San Diego computer scientists are one step closer to building low cost networks of underwater sensors for real time underwater environmental monitoring. At the IEEE Reconfigurable Architectures Workshop ...
May 27, 2009 |
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Oceans becoming noisier thanks to pollution -- report
The world's oceans are becoming noisier thanks to pollution, with potentially harmful effects for whales, dolphins and other marine life, US scientists said in a study published Sunday.
Dec 20, 2009 |
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Swimming tragedy sparks hi-tech safety drive
The death of a competitor in an open water race has prompted swimming chiefs to introduce high-tech sonar equipment to keep athletes safe at the world championships in Shanghai.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Whale sonar: Two pings are better than one
Many whale species have sonar systems that send out two pings at once, allowing them to detect underwater objects with greater accuracy than even the most sophisticated human technologies, according to a study ...
Mar 04, 2009 |
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