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submitted 1 month ago by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I assume you're referring to Schumann resonances. Two issues:

A 7Hz sound is not audible by any human. You might be able to feel it if it's quite loud, but even then it would be more a periodic compression than "sound"
More importantly, Schumann resonances are not sound at all. It's 7.83Hz on the electromagnetic spectrum. They are "radio waves", not sound waves.

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 7 points 1 month ago

Very cool, didn't know this existed!

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is there a place on Earth where it can be felt more palpably?

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It cannot be felt at any level in any place. Not by humans at least

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So why do people sometimes report a "hum", often children, where there' snot actually any sound?

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

The Hum is a different phenomenon :) Benn Jordan has also made a nice video about it if you're interested.