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icymist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-16-06 11:57 AM
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Volcanic eruptions score melodies
Volcanic eruptions score melodies
By Jonathan Fildes
Science and technology reporter, BBC News

The low-frequency, seismic rumblings of volcanoes are being transformed into delicate musical scores in an effort to predict when they will erupt.

Researchers in Italy have already created a concerto from the underground movements of Mount Etna on Sicily.

They are now creating melodies from Ecuador's recently erupted Tungurahua.

By correlating the music with precise stages of volcanic activity on both volcanoes the team hope to learn the signature tune of an imminent eruption.

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