Part of the Great Lakes observing system
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HOUGHTON -- A collaborative research team from Michigan Tech is taking a 1.4 million dollar grant to the waters of Lake Superior.
Friday morning, the first of three coastal monitoring buoys was towed out to its summer location about two miles north of the Keweenaw Waterway entry.
The 600-pound buoy was developed at the University of Michigan and is a part of the Great Lakes observing system. It'll be used to measure about 20 variables above and below the water including weather conditions and surface temperature.
"It's near the shore, and that region is much more sensitive to variables, such as water temperature, that is associated with global climate change. That's one thing we'll use it to monitor in detail; to test whether or not we're experiencing the effects of global climate change," said principal investigator, Charles Kerfoot.
Information from the buoys will be stored in an online database that can be accessed by the public.
