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 ...

PORT ANGELES — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake pulled out of Port Angeles Harbor with a mission to refurbish a National Oceanic and Atmospheric weather buoy in the Strait of Juan de Fuca that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...