Posts for tag "data buoys"
Tracking Three Rivers: Real-Time Buoy Boosts Monitoring and Accountability
When glaciers last retreated across the continental US, over 10,000 years ago, meltwater filled river channels and eroded the landscape. This was how the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers–among many others–were formed; natural corridors for trade and...
- Posted January 12, 2026
The Hidden Work Behind Coastal Knowledge: A Buoy off Kusu Island, Singapore
Singapore is a small island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. At around 730km2–and slowly growing thanks to land reclamation efforts–it’s one of the most densely populated nations in the world. Although limited by physical space and...
- Posted December 22, 2025
Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District Deploys Five New Real-Time Data Buoys
Water resource management in the Muskingum River Watershed dates all the way back to 1913, when a record-breaking flood devastated the area. The event became known as the Great Flood of 1913, resulting in 650 residents dead...
- Posted December 10, 2025
Smart Buoys Advance Climate Monitoring in Swiss Lakes
Lakes are sentinels of climate change. Globally, they are warming at an unprecedented but uneven rate, and in many places they also face direct human pressure, including from agriculture and recreation. In the Alps, scientists generally agree...
- Posted November 12, 2025
Buoy-Based Solutions: Strengthening Kentucky’s Emergency Response Efforts
When Kentucky’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) has to act quickly in response to chemical and oil spills in the Commonwealth, they rely on small, easily deployable buoys to collect critical data that help minimize and evaluate damages...
- Posted January 6, 2025
Remote Water Quality Monitoring with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board
The Oklahoma Water Resource board monitors local waterways in order to ensure federal compliance and protect local ecosystems.
- Posted October 2, 2023
San Francisco Bay’s Nutrient Phenomena
Two data buoys recently deployed in the shoals of San Francisco Bay could be filling the important data gap on the local impacts of nutrient loading.
- Posted September 30, 2020
Extreme Wave Heights, Ocean Winds Increasing Globally
Data from buoys and satellites reveals that extreme ocean winds and wave heights are increasing worldwide, especially in the Southern Ocean.
- Posted September 13, 2019
From Abalone to Zooplankton: Sitka Sound Science Center Works to Monitor Health of Alaska’s Marine Life
Monitoring marine species both great and small, Alaska’s Sitka Sound Science Center keeps track of the health of fish, kelp, copepods and more.
- Posted April 29, 2019
