MARQUETTE, MI— Three climate monitoring and maritime safety buoys have been deployed into Lake Superior.
The Superior Watershed Partnership and Land Conservancy deployed the buoys last Saturday near the shorelines of Marquette, Munising and Grand Marais. Each will collect navigation and climate planning data, including wave height, wind speed, and water temperature.
The live data will be used by commercial and recreational boaters, the National Weather Service, Environment Canada, and NOAA. The SWP also uses buoy data for long-term climate adaptation planning with coastal communities in the U.P.
