The Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC) project is asking to extend its two-year permit to operate low-frequency sonar under the water off Kauai another five years.

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Bankrolled by its toy sales, it has moved into cordless telephones, and now has half the market in America for high-frequency models, under its own label and for Lucent and Sony.

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The strategy also has come under heightened scrutiny amid concerns that some high-frequency traders were gaining unfair advantages in the market.

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Because of the distance that low-frequency sound waves can travel under water, a set of four ships emitting sound at 235 decibels could monitor 80% of the world's oceans for submarines.

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