Posts for tag "monitoring buoy"
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
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
What’s Floating on Lake Geneva? How LéXPLORE is Revolutionizing Lake Science
Lake Geneva (or Lac Léman) was formed some 15,000 years ago by retreating glaciers and is shared between France and Switzerland. Fringed by vineyard terraces and overlooked by both the Jura Mountains and the Alps, the lake...
- Posted September 3, 2025
How NOAA’s CURBY Aided Recovery Efforts After the 2025 DCA Plane Crash
On the evening of January 29, 2025, a military helicopter and an American Airlines flight collided midair over the Potomac River on the final approach into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Virginia, five miles from...
- Posted August 27, 2025
Three Decades of Research at Acton Lake
A multi-disciplinary team at Miami University, Ohio, has been studying the environmental change at Acton Lake for over three decades. Using three different NexSens buoys over this time, the team has an incredible archive of data that...
- Posted May 21, 2025
From Pans to Buoys: Advancing Reservoir Evaporation Rate Monitoring in Texas
In warmer climates like Texas, high reservoir evaporation rates can lead to declines in water level and water availability during droughts, making monitoring essential in order to ensure water security during times of scarcity. According to the...
- Posted February 19, 2025
Monitoring Buoy Supports Nautical Archaeology
Documentation and dissemination are not as straightforward for nautical archaeology compared to onshore excavations. A core component to aid with this aspect of the project is a floating monitoring buoy platform equipped with an array of high-tech...
- Posted May 10, 2022
Low Tech, Low Cost Buoys Coming to Maine’s Shellfish Farmers
Researchers from Maine’s Aquaculture Innovation Center are building a buoy designed to aid oyster and seaweed farmers along the U.S.’s northeastern coast.
- Posted July 22, 2020
