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June 16, 2009: New NY Mariner Weather Buoy The Hudson Canyon will get a real-time weather buoy slated to be deployed this week...read more

June 16, 2009: Letter in response to June 7th Washington Post Article "East Coast My Feel Rise in Sea Levels the Most" read it here

June 9, 2009. CODAR helps pinpoint search and rescue at sea [...]

May 4, 2009: NOAA, US Coast Guard: New Ocean Current Data to Improve Search and Rescue Activities A new set of ocean observing data that enhances the ability to track probable paths of victims and drifting survivor craft should improve search and rescue efforts along the U.S. coast...more here

April 27, 2009. Comments on the National Weather Service Strategic Plan [...]

April 18, 2009: Yellow submarine to try again for Atlantic glide From the Associated Press - A second try is about to get under way at sending a little yellow submarine gliding across the Atlantic Ocean to collect scientific data from beneath the waves...more here

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Podcast: Underwater Robot Undertakes Atlantic Mission Listen

An underwater robot called RU-27 is crossing the Atlantic Ocean right now — on its way to Spain. The Rutgers University project will gather data that may help explain oceanographic trends, including the interaction between climate change and ocean temperatures. We talk with Ari Daniel Shapiro, who has been following the story for Spectrum Radio, the broadcast edition of IEEE Spectrum Magazine.

NOAA Podcast Episode 23: Ocean Observations in action- (10 min Podcast)

Undergraduate students from Rutgers University are finalizing preparations to launch an ocean glider on a journey from New Jersey to Spain. Learn about the upcoming mission and the future of ocean observing. click here