September 30, 2004

Earth's hum defined

Sound people have known about ground hum for sometime. Now, scientists have clearly defined what it is.

The persistent noise - at between two and seven milliHertz, way below the threshold of human hearing - is clearly caused by large emissions of energy near or at the Earth's surface.

So, now we can all sleep at night.

Posted by Casper at September 30, 2004 05:56 PM
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