Mesoplankton refers to plankton with a body size between 200–20,000 µm. Since mesoplankton are the key components of coastal ecosystems, their abundance and composition can promptly reflect ...

Duluth, Minn. — For over 11 years Jay Austin and his research team at the University of Minnesota Duluth have carefully tended to a crop of bright-yellow meteorological buoys floating on Lake Superior ...

Perhaps as early as today, a new buoy will appear on Lake Superior off of Duluth. The 10-foot-tall buoy -- painted yellow, sporting solar panels and crowned with amber light -- doesn't mark a ...

A researcher at the University of Minnesota Duluth's Large Lakes Observatory is involved in perhaps the most extensive effort ever to understand the inner workings of Lake Superior. $1 million ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- Three research buoys have been placed in Lake Michigan for the first full season of data collection. The buoys will also provide a video feed of the lake's ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) joined the government of Thailand in launching the first Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami, or DART, buoy station in the Indian ...

Finland-based fairway maintenance service provider Arctia Group is developing solar-powered navigational markers through an EU-funded research project. A 10-meter high solar buoy is currently being ...

SYDNEY, March 26 (Reuters) - Australia said on Tuesday it had installed a deep ocean tsunami buoy in the Coral Sea off its northeastern coast, boosting tsunami detection in a region which has seen two ...

Whales cruising through the ocean sometimes get snagged in fishing gear that is either in use, or left behind as old, derelict ghost gear. In recent years, increasing whale entanglements off of the ...

Researchers have developed a sea floor pressure recording system that measures ocean depths and promises to detect tsunamis faster while providing ever-earlier warnings to coastal communities. The ...

There’s been much discussion around here about the DART buoys (Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis) after this earthquake. The buoys consist of a tsunameter on the sea floor that measures ...