Buoy 46053: Mid Santa Barbara Channel. "That's Santa Cruz Island in the background," says Bronson. "Great day to work on a buoy." Photo: Collin Bronson Same buoy (46053) with a few Coast Guard ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last month redeployed an important weather buoy about 70 miles into the Pacific Ocean from the mouth of the Columbia River. The giant buoy is one of ...

WASHINGTON — Weather buoys are an incredibly important resource for meteorologists. They can help reduce the loss of life and property and protect the ecosystem from natural and human-induced ...

As we head into winter, almost all of the buoys that have been bobbing in the Great Lakes during the warmer months have been retrieved and will stay out of the water until springtime. However, the ...

Sep. 15—U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) and Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley sent a bicameral letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) opposing the agency's ...

Too many of the weather buoys floating in the waters off Alaska are out of service and the federal government should devote more resources to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the ...

The National Data Buoy Center operates on a two- to three-year service schedule. Like many commercial fishermen, Kelsey Cutting relies on data from weather buoys at the mouth of the Columbia River to ...