Scientists recently analyzed data that was collected using seismometers during two summer months at a Swiss Alps glacier in 2007. They discovered potentially revelatory harmonic properties of ice quakes, which are minor rumbles produced when cracks in the ice are reshaped by water flowing through them. The ice quakes cause a glacier to hum in a way that’s normally imperceptible to humans. But you can listen to a sped-up version of the glacier’s amplified atonal aria here: [this is supplied in the article]If this doesn't "grab" you, another article from the same website should. It's about the extreme weather, another symptom of climate destabilization, that is now occurring in areas east of the Rocky Mountains in the US. This is an inevitable result of the burning of fossil fuels required by the growth imperative of capitalism.
in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Listen To a Glacier, Forecast a Flood
Click here to access article by John Upton from Climate Central.