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The Earth is making a weird noise, and researchers have no idea why
yahoo ^ | Mike Wehner

Posted on 12/08/2017 8:04:23 PM PST by BenLurkin

The sound which the planet produces is a low, steady, unceasing hum. Scientists have been attempting to record and explain the odd noise as far back as the late 1950s, with little concrete data to suggest its source. Now, new research published in Geophysical Research Letters is attempting to explain why it happens, and scientists think it might have something to do with the ocean.

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This newest study is the first to actually record the sound from deep beneath the ocean’s waves. By recording ambient sound within the ocean and then using robust noise cancelling techniques to strip away the sound of the ocean itself, scientists were left with only the sound. They were able to confirm that the noise is completely continuous and, over nearly a year of observation, did not vary significantly.

But what actually causes it? Well, the jury on that is still out, but various theories have been proposed. One of the more plausible explanations is that the Earth’s hum is actually acoustic resonance. Acoustic resonance, which is the process by which objects of similar natural frequency will vibrate in sync with each other even if they’re not directly touching, could cause the Earth to produce a continuous vibration, some scientists believe, but others aren’t so sure.

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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: earth; hum; mysterious; mystery
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To: smokingfrog

The earth has a magnetosphere. It is because of basically a generator being formed by the molten iron core and the layers above rotating at slightly different rates...

Ever taken the Hoover Dam tour? What did you hear in the generator room? My Occam’s Razor explanation.


61 posted on 12/09/2017 3:50:14 AM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: Windflier

It is electrical, but not solar.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3612007/posts?page=61#61


62 posted on 12/09/2017 3:53:57 AM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: ravenwolf

I live on the eastern shore of Maryland...used to hear a mysterious hum all the time...now just occasionally.


63 posted on 12/09/2017 4:12:52 AM PST by freepertoo
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To: BenLurkin

The noise is not weird. Humans apply the adjective “weird” to a natural phenomenon in an attempt to get people to read stupid articles.


64 posted on 12/09/2017 4:34:03 AM PST by I want the USA back (Liberalism is just another form of insanity.)
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To: BenLurkin

“The Earth is making a weird noise, and researchers have no idea why”

I don’t hear anything.


65 posted on 12/09/2017 5:39:19 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (The first step in ending the war on white people is to recognize it exists.)
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To: tired&retired

And pray that there’s intelligent life somewhere up in space cuz there’s bugger all down here on Earth!


66 posted on 12/09/2017 5:45:20 AM PST by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: mewzilla

Yeah, I have always thought the same way.


67 posted on 12/09/2017 6:26:13 AM PST by ravenwolf (If the Bible does not say it in plain wodsView Replies, please don`t preach it to me.)
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To: Deaf Smith

"Mmmmmm mmmmmmm mmmmmmm mmmmmmm....."
68 posted on 12/09/2017 6:28:58 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: 80skid
“Plastic, Aholes”

RIP, George.

69 posted on 12/09/2017 6:29:37 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: BenLurkin

It is from all the LIBs whining and crying.


70 posted on 12/09/2017 6:50:13 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: freepertoo

When sleeping out under the stars on a
Quite night, not enough breeze to move
an Aspen leaf

No coyotes yipping, nothing rattling the
Bushes.

You lay there wondering if there is such
a thing as absolute silence and then you
Hear it, a low hum mixed with a higher one.

I don’t see no reason that it could not be
heard in maryland, what did you think it was?


71 posted on 12/09/2017 6:58:04 AM PST by ravenwolf (If the Bible does not say it in plain wodsView Replies, please don`t preach it to me.)
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To: BenLurkin
Why does the Earth hum? Because it doesn't know the words.


72 posted on 12/09/2017 8:12:21 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: tired&retired

Keep in mind that we are spinning.

The core is spinning at a different rate than the crust.

The solar system is spinning.

The Milky Way Galaxy is spinning.

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And the cup of coffee I’m drinking isn’t sloshing out all over. It’s truly amazing.


73 posted on 12/09/2017 8:22:39 AM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Ozark Tom

*rimshot*


74 posted on 12/09/2017 10:42:44 AM PST by miliantnutcase
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To: ravenwolf

Had no clue what it was...still wondering. We’re not far from Dover Air Force base and I assumeed it originated from there...thatand the dozens of “sky guys” around here every night. Don’t know what those are, either.


75 posted on 12/09/2017 5:15:11 PM PST by freepertoo
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