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Several large brown animals stand in pale yellow grass. A tree at the right of the photo partially obscures several animals.
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When the Woods Get Noisy, the Animals Get Nervous

by Christine Peterson 19 July 202324 July 2023

New study uses trail cameras and speakers to isolate what human sounds do to animals.

Drawing of a magma reservoir and conduits below Kīlauea volcano
Posted inScience Updates

Earth Is Noisy. Why Should Its Data Be Silent?

by Leif Karlstrom, Ben Holtzman, Anna Barth, Josh Crozier and Arthur Paté 9 June 20239 June 2023

Combining visual and sonic representations of data can make science more accessible and help reveal subtle details. The recent decade-long eruption of Hawaii’s Kīlauea Volcano offers a prime example.

Photo looking down on Earth from a satellite, showing red and green streaks flickering in the atmosphere
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Eavesdropping on the Vibrations of Earth’s Magnetic Bubble

by Erin Martin-Jones 9 May 202316 May 2023

A NASA-funded crowdsourced science project has converted the unheard sounds resonating inside Earth’s magnetic shield into audible tracks, revealing an orchestra of whistles, wooshes, and chirps.

Orange- and brown-spotted background with white S-shaped cloud in center left of image. Opposing black S shape crosses image horizontally.
Posted inNews

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Records the First Sounds of a Dust Devil on Mars

Jon Kelvey, Science Writer by Jon Kelvey 13 December 202227 January 2023

In a stroke of luck, the SuperCam microphone on Perseverance was turned on the moment a dust devil swept directly over the rover.

Photo of blue ice wall with pieces of ice falling into water in the foreground, causing the water to splash
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Underwater Sounds Help Reveal Extent of Glacial Calving

by Elise Overgaard 9 December 20229 December 2022

If a glacier calves into the Arctic Ocean, does it make a sound? Some scientists say yes and have devised a clever way to use those sounds to calculate the size of the fallen ice chunks.

Drone footage of a blue whale surfacing to breathe off the coast of California.
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Scientists Tune In to Blue Whale Feeding Rhythms

by Bill Morris 26 October 20226 December 2022

New acoustic sensing technology is allowing scientists to track blue whale movements in real time, a breakthrough that could help save whales’ lives.

Diagram showing the interior of the Sun
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Shake, Rattle, and Probe

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 25 August 202217 January 2023

Helioseismology allows scientists to study the interior of the Sun, solve some basic physics mysteries, and forecast space weather.

Aerial image of blue whale breathing at the water’s surface.
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Wiretapped Cables and the Songs of Whales

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 22 July 202217 February 2023

Researchers jerry-rigged fiber-optic cables in a fjord to eavesdrop on blue whales, with possible applications ranging from seafloor mapping to meteorology.

Lava in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater in the Kīlauea volcano.
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Volcanic Lava Lake Belts Out Its Secrets in Seismic “Songs”

by Andrew J. Wight 15 July 20229 March 2023

A cacophony of magma displacements and volcanic gases recorded underneath Kīlauea’s roiling lake of lava could one day provide information to help predict future eruptions.

A school of anchovies swims in shallow water in the Bahamas.
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Tiny Creatures May Play a Difficult-to-Detect Role in Ocean Mixing

by Carolyn Wilke 20 May 202227 March 2023

As an idea that began as a joke, critter-driven ocean mixing has long been controversial. Now scientists have caught spawning anchovies causing turbulence and stirring the sea.

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