
In this 2018 image provided by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a buoy used to gather data floats in the Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Bight off the coast of North Carolina. (Darlene Trew Crist/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via AP)

In this 2018 image provided by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a buoy used to gather data floats in the Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Bight off the coast of North Carolina. (Darlene Trew Crist/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via AP)