Lockdown has cut Britain's vibrations, seismologists find

There's a kind of hush all over the world as the reduction in human activity stops the Earth buzzing so much

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The dramatic quietening of towns and cities in lockdown Britain has changed the way the Earth moves beneath our feet, scientists say.

Seismologists at the British Geological Survey have found that their sensors are twitching less now that human activity has been curtailed, leading to a drop in the anthropogenic din that vibrates through the planet.