During the survey work, an underwater microphone called a hydrophone will be used to record the high frequency sounds of harbour porpoises and white-beaked dolphins for analysis.

BBC: West coast whales, dolphins and sharks to be surveyed

AMD, the computer-chip maker, announced on Tuesday that its processor called "Bulldozer" had broken the Guinness World Record for processing at a frequency of 8.429 gigahertz, which is about three times as fast as the processors you'd find in a speedy laptop.

CNN: John D. Sutter,

Record high temperatures are occurring with far greater frequency than in decades past, and crop yields decline sharply in extreme heat.

CNN: Extreme heat and droughts -- a recipe for world food woes

This kind of record trading volume plus volatility can only have been the result of extraordinary high frequency trading by computer and the quant hedge funds, going in and out of Apple and IBM and big bank shares dozens of times a day.

FORBES: The Battered Investment Class Has No Confidence in Markets, Companies, Banks, Governments