Lockdowns and their influence on Earth’s hum

Earth’s hum at higher frequencies is disturbed substantially by human activity. Anthropogenic noise is more evident in frequencies higher than 1 Hz. The power at 10 Hz power is used from January 2020 to early May (mostly first wave of SARS-CoV-2) across various sites across the world, to show that t...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2021-09, Vol.11 (1), p.17838-17838, Article 17838
Main Author: Somala, Surendra Nadh
Format: Article
Language:English
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Anthropogenic factors
COVID-19
Humanities and Social Sciences
multidisciplinary
Noise
Pandemics
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
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Summary:Earth’s hum at higher frequencies is disturbed substantially by human activity. Anthropogenic noise is more evident in frequencies higher than 1 Hz. The power at 10 Hz power is used from January 2020 to early May (mostly first wave of SARS-CoV-2) across various sites across the world, to show that there is a clear decrease in noise power during the lockdown period. Furthermore, this anthropogenic noise across the world during the COVID-19 lockdown period, within which vehicular movement and industrial activity have stalled in many places, is quantified into a few bins. Implications of easing the lockdown measures on the onset of second wave of pandemic are discussed.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-97459-1