Across the Great Lakes, a network of buoys provides real-time data about waves, wind, and ice. In 2025, one buoy broke free, drifting nearly to the center of Lake Michigan before washing ashore. The data it collected is helping researchers better understand how winter weather impacts the lakes.
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“This Breakaway Buoy Explored Lake Michigan’s Icy Waves” was produced by Great Lakes Now/@detroitpbs
Produced, Written, and Narrated by
Adam Fox-Long
Edited by
Jordan Wingrove
Adam Fox-Long
Additional Material:
Great Lakes Outreach Media
Great Lakes Observing System
Sofar Ocean
NOAA
Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research
Russ Miller