noise pollution

  • Millions of People at Risk of Hearing Loss

    Millions of People at Risk of Hearing Loss

    The unsafe use of personal audio devices and high sound volumes at events are putting over a billion teens and young adults at risk of permanent hearing loss, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday. Data analyzed by the UN…

  • Noise Pollution and the Oblivion of Nature Sound

    Noise Pollution and the Oblivion of Nature Sound

    The tranquil chorus of the natural world is in danger of being lost to today’s generation as people screen out the noises that surround them, a senior US researcher warns. Rising levels of background noise in some areas threaten to…

  • Oceanoise 2015

    Oceanoise 2015

    OCEANOISE2015, a symposium to be hosted (11-15 May) in Vilanova i la Geltrú (around 40km South from Barcelona, Spain) by the Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB) of the Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech. The growing scientific and societal concern about the…

  • Measuring Sound in New York in the 40’s

    Measuring Sound in New York in the 40’s

    The high levels of noise pollution in New York City instigated the formation of a noise abatement commission. Steven explains how innovator Harvey Fletcher became part of this movement and created a roving ‘noise laboratory’ that measured the amount of…

  • El Coyote

    El Coyote

    El Coyote, a great essay published by sound artist David Velez at The Field Reporter: ‘El Coyote’ is a sonic, visual and written essay based on my experience in the touristic complex of Bijao in Panama on January of 2013. In Bijao…