Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Researchers have heard a sizzling sound from glaciers melting in warmer waters, a result of trapped air bubbles escaping from the melting ice. Geophysicist Erin Pettit observed the ...
The sizzling sound was almost certainly a corona discharge and is often heard before a nearby lightning flash. The discharge occurs when the electrical field between the cloud and the ground is strong ...
Scientists recently published a paper explaining why some meteors create strange sounds. NPR's Scott Simon talks with researcher Bill Sweatt about what creates this "sizzling" sound. The crackle and ...
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