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How Volcanoes’ Music Could Help Us Predict Them

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You might not think of volcanoes as particularly musical, but they do actually generate infrasound! And scientists may be able to use that sound to help predict when a volcano is about to erupt.

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Monitoring Volcanic Craters with Infrasound “Music”


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Image Sources:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Puc%C3%B3n,_2019_(01),_Volc%C3%A1n_Villarrica.jpg.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Villarrica_lava_fountain.jpg.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villarica_Volcano_(aerial_view)1.jpg.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calbuco_Ash_on_the_Move,_April_27,_2015.jpg.

Monitoring Volcanic Craters with Infrasound “Music”


https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/85465/eruption-of-villarrica-volcano

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