Nature
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Natural Silence
“A great silence is spreading over the natural world even as the sound of man is becoming deafening,” he writes in a new book, The Great Animal Orchestra. “Little by little the vast orchestra of life, the chorus of the natural…
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The Great Animal Orchestra, Lecture and Book by Bernie Krause
Bernie Krause has recently released a new book, called The Great Animal Orchestra. There’s also a fantastic lecture with the same name, given by him at California Academy of Sciences. Almost one hour of a fantastic presentation about sound and…
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How Loud is a Slithering Snail?
How loud is a slithering snail and what’s the footfall of a centipede? Jem Stansfield takes an assortment of creepy crawlies and sound recordist Chris Watson to a very very quiet room to find out. Shhh!
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An Audio Guide to Britain’s Nocturnal Species
Sounds of the Night, new audio book by The Brititsh Library. Eerie screams, quiet snufflings, and snippets of song are just some of the wildlife sounds that can be heard after dark. While some animals turn in for the night,…
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Whisper of the Wild
Fantastic article at NYtimes featuring sounds from Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Read & Listen Via Field Mic
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Chris Watson on Noise
[soundcloud url=”http://soundcloud.com/eprosser/chris-watson-on-noise”] Audio interview with Chris Watson talking about noise pollution and education. There was a lot of interesting discussion during this interview about the nature of noise pollution and the considerable threat it poses to our quality of life.…