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Turning hurricanes into music: Can listening to storms help us understand them better?

  • Written by Mark Ballora, Professor of Music Technology, Pennsylvania State University
imageHurricane Maria, September 2017.lavizzara/shutterstock.com

During the 2017 hurricane season, major storms in the North Atlantic devastated communities in and around Houston, Florida, Puerto Rico and the wider Caribbean.

The destruction shows how important it is to understand and communicate the serious threats that these storms pose. Scientists...

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