Article 64WN9 Microphones dropped into ocean off Greenland to record melting icebergs

Microphones dropped into ocean off Greenland to record melting icebergs

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Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
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Artist Siobhan McDonald will turn recordings into an acoustic installation exploring humanity's impact on the ocean

An expedition of scientists and an artist is deploying underwater microphones in the ocean off Greenland to record and preserve the soundscape of melting icebergs.

The hydrophones will record sounds every hour for two years before being collected, harvested for data and the recordings turned into an acoustic composition.

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