Stone Living Lab Expands Real-Time Monitoring Network Measuring Flooding and Coastal Conditions

Great news for Boston Harbor climate research: with $200,000 of state funding that Boston Harbor Now secured from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, several new wave buoys and flood sensors will be added to the suite of monitoring instruments operated by the Stone Living Lab, the climate research partnership that we lead with UMass Boston.

The Lab’s expanded Real-Time Monitoring Network will track wave conditions and overland flooding in more locations throughout Eastern Massachusetts. These sensors give planners, scientists, policymakers, and community members the information they need to understand changing conditions and help communities prepare for the impacts of dangerous coastal storms.

The expansion includes 10 new overland flood sensors and two offshore buoys measuring wave conditions at locations from Cape Ann to Boston to Buzzards Bay to the Cape and Islands.

“The expansion of the Stone Living Lab’s Real-Time Monitoring Network provides more opportunities to understand where coastal flooding is happening and worsening, so that we can continue to collaboratively plan for and adapt to a changing climate,’’ said Joe Christo, Chief Resilience Officer at the Stone Living Lab and Boston Harbor Now. “Projects like this do not happen without close partnerships, and we are so thankful to have many great partners throughout Massachusetts and beyond that we collaborate with on this work.”