Scientists Study Ice Shelf by Listening to Its Changing Sounds

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By Nexus MediaOct 19, 2018, 3:55 pm836 ptsInterestingTop
By Marlene Cimons Researchers monitoring vibrations from Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf were flabbergasted not long ago to hear something unexpected—the ice was "singing" to them. "We were stunned by a rich variety of time-varying tones that make up this newly described sort of signal," said Rick Aster,…

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