鲸之战
War of the whales
Joshua Horwitz · 初版 2014 年
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“讲述了一位富有正义感的律师偶然发现美国海军最严守的机密之一：一套潜艇探测系统，它用高强度声波席卷整个大洋盆地，致使鲸鱼搁浅海滩。正当 Joel Reynolds 发起法律诉讼以揭露并叫停海军项目时，海洋生物学家 Ken Balcomb 在其位于巴哈马的研究站附近目击了一场神秘的大规模鲸鱼搁浅事件。在调查这场灾难的过程中，Balcomb 不得不在自己的良知与年轻时向海军宣誓的保密誓言之间做出抉择。”——Amazon.com。
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有本很棒的书叫《War of the Whales》，作者是 Joshua Horwitz，讲的是鲸类研究学者 Ken Balcomb 努力说服海军限制声呐作业的故事。
There's a pretty good book called "War of the Whales" by Joshua Horwitz that discusses the work of whale researcher Ken Balcomb to convince the Navy to limit sonar operations.
如果你对这篇文章感兴趣，我强烈推荐《War of the Whales》。这本书从一个很有意思的视角审视了冷战时期的科学+政治以及环境问题。书中很大一部分内容是关于 SOSUS（水下监听系统）的。https://warofthewhales.com/
If this article is interesting to you I highly recommend War of the Whales. It is an interesting look at Cold war science+politics and the environment. A decent part of the book is about SOSUS. https://warofthewhales.com/
要是你对鲸鱼与海军训练演习之间的冲突/交集感兴趣，一定要去看看《War of the Whales》。
You should check out "War of the Whales" if you are interested in the interaction between whales and naval training exercises.
……光听记者的一家之言。判决书在这里：https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2016/07/15/1... 对于好奇的人来说，没错，这就是《War of the Whales》中描述的一连串案件的最新进展。《行政程序法》（APA）如果光看维基百科简介的话听着挺枯燥的。但当你结合这类案件，或者想想怎么处理 DoC（美国商务部）和 ICANN 的关系时，它其实相当有意思，尤其是对于技术人员或者……
…reporters word for it. The decision is here: https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2016/07/15/1... For those wondering,yes, this is the latest development in the string of cases described in War of the Whales. The APA sounds kind of boring if you read the Wikipedia summary. But when you consider cases like this or what to do with DoC and ICANN it is actually pretty interesting, especially for technology or…