Moorings & Buoys
From Oceanus Magazine
October 15, 2010
Scientists Find that Squid Can Detect Sounds
We knew they taste good, but how well do they 'hear'?
July 22, 2009
Buoys Help Avert Whale-Ship Collisions
Specially engineered mooring system detects whales and warns ships
December 7, 2007
Going for the GUSTO (Mooring)
WHOI engineers and the Oceanus crew rescue a wounded buoy
November 30, 2007
Submerged Autonomous Launch Platforms
"Intelligent" device decides when the time is right to send off data-gathering floats
August 2, 2007
A 3-D Underwater Soundscape
A large-scale experiment sheds light on sound in the coastal ocean
March 30, 2007
Measuring Raindrops in the Ocean
A quest to engineer sensitive but tough meteorological instruments for buoys at sea
January 31, 2007
Reaching Up Into Perilous, Icy Waters
The 'Arctic Winch' sends sensors toward the underside of sea ice—and back again
January 26, 2007
A Mooring Built to Survive the Irminger Sea
It takes a tough buoy to stand tall when tip jets howl off the Greenland ice cap
April 5, 2006
The Hunt for 18° Water
Oceanographers examine “mode waters” that save the signals of past winters
January 26, 2006
A Sentry at the Atlantic Gateway
Experimental mooring monitors water flow through Hudson Strait
January 11, 2006
Going Wireless in the Deep Blue
Deploying instruments to monitor the ocean is one thing. Getting daily reports from them is another.
January 1, 2000
Outposts in the Ocean
A global network of moored buoy observatories to track oceanic processes that affect our climate