Science Past for January 31, 1959

SEA VOICE MAY WARN REDS OF COMING STORMS — By listening to the sea’s voice, Russian scientists say they may be able to detect approaching storms. A Scientific Information Report circulated by the Central Intelligence Agency carries an abstract from an “unevaluated” paper prepared by Ya. Petrov, a Russian scientist. [He] says … V. V. Shuleykin has studied the vortex air flow behind sea waves which creates an “infrasonic wave” called “sea voice.”