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   Earth Is Literally Moving Less Now That We're All on Lockdown   
      
   Scientists say the “quieter” Earth during protective self-quarantine   
   has reduced the ambient seismic noise. Human activity of all kinds, as   
   we travel and gather and drive around, generates vibrations that   
   distort measurements from finely tuned seismic instruments. In   
   Belgium, scientists report a 30 percent reduction in that amount of   
   ambient human noise since the COVID-19 (coronavirus) lockdown began   
   there.   
      
   Now, the resulting quiet means surface seismic readings are as clear   
   as the ones scientists usually get from the same instruments buried   
   100 meters beneath the Earth’s surface, making measurements more more   
   specific and easier to use and understand. Any seismic noise that   
   falls into the same instrument range as human noise is suddenly much   
   clearer, like if you were trying to listen to two people talking and   
   one simply stopped.   
      
   No cost of human life is worth any exchange of scientific data, of   
   course, and the sooner our global self quarantine can safely end, the   
   better. But if the self quarantine extends longer, scientists say   
   they’ll continue to notice new ways their instruments and readings are   
   changing.   
      
   https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a32007736/earth-moving-   
   ess-covid-19-lockdown-seismologists/   
      
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