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COVID has Caused the Longest and Deepest Reduction in Human Noise on Record – VICE
With most of the world in lockdown, the “seismic noise” produced by humans has reduced by up to 50 percent.
In the months since the global coronavirus pandemic ground the world to a standstill, the human race has become quieter than any other time on record.
An international team of researchers and seismologists analysed datasets from more than 300 seismic stations around the world, measuring the vibrations caused by human activity, and found that global lockdowns reduced seismic noisethat is, the noise caused by things like movement, transport and constructionby up to 50 percent.
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