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March/April 2024 On the Cover

Volume 67 • Number 3

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TESMaP / Rebekah Parsons-King 8 Subsea Defense

Black Sea Mines When the shooting stops in the Ukraine, the tough work of clearing mines will commence.

By David Strachan 12 Gliders

Slocum Sentinel 22 Teledyne Marine debuts the

Slocum Sentinel Glider.

By Shea Quinn 22

Instrumentation

Volcano Hunter 28 Detecting the unknown in the wake of the Hunga Tonga–

Hunga Ha’apai Eruption

By Celia Konowe

Subsea Mining 28

Nodule Collectors Tapping the sea ? oor for resources may be controversial, but it’s happening.

y Wendy Laursen

B 34

Lander Lab

We Need More Power Stored electrical power in batteries permit the untethered operation of sea? oor instrumentation on ocean landers, among other things.

By Kevin Hardy 40

Oi ‘24 ‘That’s a Wrap’ From new product debuts -- cables and connectors, vehicles, sub bottom pro? lers 40 -- to many deals done,

Oceanology International 2024 was a great success.

4 Editor’s Note 6 Authors & Contributors 6 Editorial Board 16 Tech Feature: IMR 47 Classi? eds 48 Advertisers Index

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