b'Environmental geophysics Environmental geophysicsWelcome readers to this issues column onlast AEGC) Antonio has been converting geophysics applied to the environment.EM data into music for years nowsee my This month, I present an article byinitial introduction to this work in Preview Geoscience Australia (GA) geoscientist192 (February 2018). Antonio has been Yusen Ley Cooper, on recent performancesworking with a group of jazz musicians of EMusica project started by Antoniofrom Italy who interpret some of the Menghini, a geophysicist working with thesounds that our geophysics inspires.Aarhusgeo group in Italy.Here is the latest instalment of their story As many of you know (and would have(many thanks to Yusen and others who are heard if you attended the dinner at thechampioning these efforts).Mike Hatch Associate Editor forEnvironmental geophysics michael.hatch@adelaide.edu.auEMusic returns to Australiathe geological composition of theto expand peoples perceptions of the subsurface at each location where thelandscape and geology through sound data was acquired. and live performances. Recently, jazz The project has gained worldwideand electronic musicians like Enrico Rava interest. Talks and live performancesand Francesco Cafiso have joined EMusic have been presented and supported byto play some of Earths electromagnetic many scientific institutions and severalresponses.societies like the EGU, ASEG, GA, USGS,The band (Stefano Pontaniguitars and INGV. A paper covering the latestand loops, Riccardo Marinielectronics, EMusic events will be presented at theMarco Guidolottisaxophone) and next AGU Centenary Fall Meeting. TheAntonio Menghini teamed-up with GA EMusic project is a vehicle which is usedgeophysicist Yusen Ley-Cooper and a Yusen LeyCooperYusen.LeyCooper@ga.gov.auAs part of Geoscience Australias efforts to strengthen the publics appreciation for Earth science by making it more accessible, GAs Chief Scientist Steve Hill, in conjunction with Marina Costelloe from ASEGs diversity branch, sponsored and promoted Sounds of Australias Geologya concert based on Electro-Magnetic music.EMusic is a project that started as an idea shared by geophysicist Antonio Menghini and musician Stefano Pontani, who established a procedure for transforming geophysical signals (time-domain data) into musical notes (Menghini and Pontani, 2016; Duncombe, 2019, www.emusic.world). Through this procedure, electromagnetic measurements of the subsurface are translated into musicalFigure 1.Antonio Menghini, musicians Riccardo Marini and Stefano Pontani, GAs Chief-Scientist Steven notes. The transformation createsHill, Anna Maria Fioretti from the Italian embassy , musician Marco Guidlolotti, GAs scientists Sean Chua, a natural soundtrack that revealsand Yusen Ley Cooper.DECEMBER 2019 PREVIEW 44'