Scientists are studying how sensors designed to detect nuclear tests could help track space junk and meteorites crashing down in the world's most remote regions. Across the world, dozens of ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sheets of plastic similar to that used for garbage bags, packing tape, some string, a little charcoal dust and a white shoebox-size box are more than odds and ends. These are the ...

Sensors that detect changes in atmospheric pressure due to ground shaking can also obtain data about large earthquakes and explosions that exceed the upper limit of many seismometers, according to new ...

Sometimes, the most important sounds are those that cannot be heard. Take infrasound—acoustic waves below the range of human hearing. Although nuclear weapons blasts, midair meteor explosions, ...

Imagine hearing there’s a tornado warning in your area and grabbing your smartphone to see exactly where the tornado is. Imagine tracking its path as it makes its way toward your home. Imagine having ...

He proposed attaching infrasound recorders to balloons to record the sounds of volcanoes. But then he and his adviser Jonathan Lees of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, "realized that no ...

SALT LAKE CITY —The thunderous roar of Chile's Villarrica volcano carries for miles. The active volcano's churning lava lake constantly rumbles, said Jeff Johnson, a volcanologist at Boise State ...

Hurricanes generate sound waves detectable through the air thousands of miles away, which could be a good way to measure the wave conditions near these storms, a new study suggests. Such findings ...

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Research by Pieter Smets of TU Delft and the KNMI shows that infrasound can be used for weather and climate forecasts. These inaudible low sound waves can be used to gain a better picture of the ...

The Cotopaxi, a volcano located sixty miles from the city of Quito in Ecuador, is considered a dangerous volcano. More than 300,000 people live nearby and eruptions in the past have caused widespread ...

PASADENA, CA - MARCH 30: Aerial view of light traffic at the interchange of the 210, 134 and 110 freeways on March 30, 2020 in Pasadena, California. City officials have implored Southern Californians ...