An expedition of scientists and an artist are deploying underwater microphones in the ocean off Greenland to record the sounds of melting icebergs, The Guardian has reported.
Over the next two years, the hydrophones will capture the sounds of melting Arctic sea ice and under subaquatic audio every hour, being lowered to different levels and temperatures to record earthquakes, landslides, wildlife, pollution and meltwater, creating an archive of the “ocean’s memory”.
The recordings will be used in scientific research, as well as in a mixed-media installation to explore human impact on the world’s oceans, the newspaper reported.
“I’m interested in hearing the acoustic pollution,” the artist said. “The sea levels are rising and that will have an impact I’d imagine on the sound range and on all the biodiversity.