Contact: Terry Collins
tc@tca.tc
416-538-8712
Block Lab, Stanford University

Global Buoy on Surface

Caption: A new network including data receivers on Wave Gliders and fixed buoys will pick up signals from acoustic tags on animals passing within 1,000 feet and transmit the data to a research team on shore, led by Stanford University Marine Sciences Professor Barbara Block.

Credit: Kip Evans

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