Microphones deployed into ocean off Greenland: Here's what researchers intend to do next

In a bid to create an archive of the ocean's memory, scientists are deploying underwater microphones in the ocean off Greenland to record melting icebergs.

These hydrophones will record the sound every two hours before they are preserved for acoustic composition.

The expedition of scientists and artists has called the exercise a time capsule. "What you are hearing in the hydrophones is a snapshot of time," an Irish artist said.

A total of 12 moorings have been deployed in the Davis Strait, an arctic gateway between Greenland and Canada.

Experts, as per The Guardian report, plan to turn the sound of melting icebergs into an acoustic installation to gauge its impact on humanity. The recordings are to be collected in 2024, report added.

The trip has been sponsored by US National Science Foundation's polar programme which has sent a team of 21 researchers from Europe, US and Canada at sea for four weeks.

The expedition aims to study sea salinity, whale migrations, ice floors. The findings will be used in scientific analysis, artworks including paintings, sculptures and films.

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