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Underwater earthquakes’ sound waves reveal changes in ocean warming

‘Seismic ocean thermometry’ could improve temperature monitoring in the vast seas

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Sound waves produced by the rumbles of undersea quakes provide a new way to study how climate change is warming the oceans.

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By Carolyn Gramling

- More than 2 years ago

Sound waves traveling thousands of kilometers through the ocean may help scientists monitor climate change.

As greenhouse gas emissions warm the planet, the ocean is absorbing vast amounts of that heat.