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用分布式声学传感探测地下奥秘

by Yingping Li, Robert Mellors and Ge Zhan 20 March 202519 March 2025

新书探讨了安装在井孔中的光纤电缆如何监测地震活动、流体流动、地下温度等。

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T-waves May Improve Tsunami Early Warning Systems

by Han Yue 17 February 20257 February 2025

A unique acoustic wave related to the generation of tsunamis could be used to enhance early warning systems.

Photo of fiber-optic acoustic and temperature sensors.
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Listening to Earth’s Subsurface with Distributed Acoustic Sensing

by Yingping Li, Robert Mellors and Ge Zhan 8 January 202520 March 2025

A new book examines how fiber-optic cables installed in boreholes can monitor seismic activity, fluid flow, subsurface temperatures, and more.

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Seismometers Track Atmospheric Shock Waves from Incoming Space Debris

by Farah Aziz Annesha 9 December 202417 December 2024

A Chinese spacecraft that burned up high over Los Angeles created a sonic trail detected by ground-based sensors.

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Here’s How the Hunga Tonga Eruption Sounded

by Rebecca Owen 4 December 20244 December 2024

New Zealanders’ experiences during the Hunga Volcano’s eruption match seismic monitoring data.

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Sailing Spectators’ Sounds Could Harm Marine Creatures

by Emily Dieckman 18 October 202418 October 2024

Research delves into noise pollution caused by spectator boats at sailing events such as the America’s Cup.

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Finding the Frequency of a Fjord

by J. Besl 9 October 202415 October 2024

A massive tsunami churned up a mysterious 9-day noise in East Greenland. As the climate warms, more fjords may start singing.

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Imaging Below the Surface Reveals One of Los Angeles’s Webs of Faults

by Nathaniel Scharping 29 July 202429 July 2024

Damage zones extend to either side of many faults and can affect how future earthquakes behave.

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Does Soil Sound Different After It’s Burned?

by Emily Dieckman 3 May 20243 May 2024

Yes, but not quite the way researchers expected it to.

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Moonlit Nights Change a Coral Reef’s Tune

by Erin Martin-Jones 16 April 202417 April 2024

Some reef fish get chattier when the Moon is out, while feisty snapping shrimp and other invertebrates pipe down.

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