From the hush of people coming to a standstill to the reverberations of fans, seismic data can capture the ebbs and flows of human activity.

As much of the world has ground to a halt in 2020 due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, it has provided scientists with a unique opportunity to observe some of the impacts we humans have on the ...

Widespread global lockdowns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic reduced the amount of seismic noise produced by humans by up to 50 percent in some places, a new study finds. This 2020 seismic noise ...

This ought to cause a wave of panic. Back in 2023, scientists were perplexed by a mysterious seismic signal that shook the world every 90 seconds for nine days. Now, two years later, satellite footage ...

Well, maybe not, but Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Alan Kafka can somewhat quantify the effect of excitement, at least where Boston College football is concerned. Kafka ...

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About four billion people — roughly half the world's population — have reportedly been told to isolate themselves in their homes to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. And the major decrease in the ...

Deep beneath Yellowstone National Park’s exploding geysers and bubbling hot springs — shaped by 2.1 million years of volcanic force — Earth’s tectonic plates are constantly on the move. The strain ...