Alec Toufexis
INTD105-19
Bromirski has been studying the effect of gravity waves on the integrity of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. This study uses seismographs that measure the vibrations of the ice shelf. The information gathered will be used to better understand the evolution of the shelf in a changing environment characterized by an increase in the amount of storms and effects of the increase of oceanic waves that are hitting the shelf. Certain sections of the shelf respond to the different frequencies of the gravity waves due to the depth of the ice. The different frequencies are produced by the severity of storms in the region.
This relates the science of how the ice shelf responds to changing environmental factors and the art of sound. This is because the gravity waves cause the different portions of the ice to vibrate and form sound which could be measured by seismographs. This is an ingenious study.
You’ve done a great job connecting the science aspect of the evolution of the ice shelf and the waves underneath to the art aspect of the sound created by the vibrations. I can’t wait to hear what Glenn McClure is able to compose based on these vibrations.