Why does sound travel so far over water?
In: Physics
2 reasons.
1) sound travels with “pushing” energy. If you’re in a forest, all those pushes hit the trees and get absorbed, so the sound doesn’t travel as far before it gets all absorbed. There’s nothing to absorb it over water, just flat open ocean.
2) for the same reason as above water has stronger winds above it and those winds can grab the sound and push it even further.
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