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Ocean’s hidden heat measured with earthquake sounds

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Paul VoosenIn 1991, scientists lowered large subwoofers into the water at Heard Island, a snowcapped volcanic island in the Indian Ocean.

The speakers emitted low-frequency sounds that, like whale song, rumbled across entire oceans. Picked up by receivers off the coasts of California and Bermuda, the signals contained a crucial piece of information about the water they had traversed: how hot it was.

It was a promising way to monitor Earth’s warming oceans, but concerns about how the underwater noise might affect marine life soon sidelined it, with only a few dedicated scientists keeping the technique alive.

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