Noise Pollution

City Birds Bring the Noise

OnEarth | Posted 04.08.2013 | Green

Read More: Max Planck Institute of Ornithology, Shipping Traffic, England, Brooklyn, Berlin, Urban Wildlife, Birds, Traffic Noise, Whales, Tree Frogs, New York City, Sonar, Noise Pollution, Habitat Destruction, Austria, Vienna, Green News

By Melissa Mahony, OnEarth Living near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway isn't half bad. You learn to wipe the soot off houseplants, step over the dead ...

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Silencing The New York Subway

NARRATIVE.LY | Posted 01.31.2013 | New York

Read More: Nyc-Tech, Noise Pollution, New York City Subway, Subway Noise, NY Subway, New York City Noise, Mta, NYC Subway, New York News

If you’ve ever stood in the deafening racket of the Spring Street subway station in Manhattan and asked yourself, “Hmm, I wonder if standing here...

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Can We Quiet the Sky?

Mike Goldsmith | Posted 03.06.2013 | Science

Read More: Sky, Aircraft Noise, Airplanes, Noise Pollution, Aircraft, Air Noise Pollution, Air Noise, Noise, Science News

Aircraft: good. Aircraft noise: bad. This dichotomy has split many populations right down the middle for half a century and is only intensifying as demands for access to the skies and to urban accommodation grow. Is there an answer?

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Whatever Happened to Raking?

Lisa K. Friedman | Posted 11.25.2012 | Fifty

When did it become necessary to clear the land of all natural elements? Is there some harm in allowing a leaf or twig to remain where it lands, in situ? For some reason, people cannot tolerate leaves lying quietly on the lawn, sidewalk or stoop? And, whatever happened to the rake?

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The 'Under 1 Percent' and Their Noisy Choppers to and From The Hamptons

Karl Grossman | Posted 10.20.2012 | Green

Read More: East Hampton, 1 Percent, Hamptons, Helicopter Noise, The Hamptons, Noise Pollution, Green News

The racket of helicopters heading to and returning from what has become the main aerial gateway of the Hamptons and Long Island's biggest noisemaker -- East Hampton Airport -- has been intense this summer.

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Nighttime Noises Keeping You Up? We Can Fix That

The Huffington Post | Nicole Guzzardi | Posted 10.11.2012 | HuffPost Home

Whether it's loud neighbors, buzzing pests or even a snoring roommate, annoying nighttime sounds can really make your evening a sleepless one. If you'...

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National Parks: Are We Giving Up on Peace and Quiet to Allow More Noise?

Tom Kiernan | Posted 10.07.2012 | Green

By downgrading protections for our greatest National Parks in order to allow noisy vehicles to drown out nature, we are not protecting these wonderful experiences so many generations before us have enjoyed.

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Longing For Silence And Solitude

Elizabeth Cunningham | Posted 01.11.2012 | Home

Read More: Silence, W. B. Yeats, Contemplative Practice, Solitude, Meditation Retreats, Noise Pollution, Meditation, The Lake Isle of Innisfree, Finding Solitude, Mindfulness Meditation, Urban Noise, Home News

In most places in our industrialized world it is impossible to be out of range of machine noise. I am homesick for a place that may not exist any longer.

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A Bubble Curtain To Protect Whales From Wind Farms?

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 10.11.2011 | Green

Anti-wind power groups have made a lot of noise over wind turbines, but that hasn't stopped Germany from investing in more offshore wind power. Accord...

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Noise Pollution: A Health Hazard?

Michael Taft | Posted 09.23.2011 | Healthy Living

Evolution did not equip you to live in a world of constant noise. Your nervous system was engineered by natural selection for an environment of almost total quiet.

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Mysterious Night Noise Is Humdinger

Time | Posted 11.15.2011 | Weird News

Read More: County Durham, Noise Pollution, Weird England, Woodland, Noise, Weird News News

Every night for the past two months the noise resembling the hum of a car engine has seemingly moved through the air, flooding the town of Woodland, E...

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Wind Power Noise Dispute On Tranquil Maine Island Intensifies

HuffingtonPost.com | Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 07.24.2011 | Green

While thousands of wind power enthusiasts and industry representatives gather in Anaheim Calif. for Windpower 2011, the American Wind Power Associatio...

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Unplug And Recharge: Taking A Silence Siesta

Rev. Susan Sparks | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Noise Pollution, Silence, Unplug and Recharge, Muir Woods, Relationships, Health, Environment, National Park Service, Healthy Living News

Who knows? A little peace and quiet might bring a renewed sense of healing, growth and possibility in your life -- things, like those Spotted Owls, once believed lost.

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Sound Off (Quietly) About Noise Pollution

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Loud Noise, Noise Pollution, Noise Sensitivity, Making Noise, Green Living, Healthy Living News

I know I'm not the only one who's curmudgeonly about noise (and there's good science to back up dissenters like us!)

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Loud Workplaces May Increase Health Problems

AP | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Heart Problems, Workplace Health and Safety, Noise Pollution, Health, Health and Safety at Work, Effects of Noise Pollution, Noise, Healthy Living News

LONDON — What's bad for your ears may also be bad for your heart. According to a new study, people who work in noisy places for at least a year ...

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Soundcities Captures NYC's Noise

PSFK | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: Noise Pollution, Stanza, Soundcities, New York Noise, New York City, New York, Sound, New York News

London based artist, Stanza has created an interactive database called Soundcities containing thousands of sounds from cities across the world. Stanza...

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Cellphone App To Map Noise Pollution

New Scientist | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Read More: Noise Pollution Phone, Noise Tube, Noise Pollution App, Noise Pollution Map, Noise Pollution, Noise App, Noisetube, Noisetube App, Technology News

Nicolas Maisonneuve of the Sony Computer Science Laboratory in Paris, France, says that those maps are not an accurate reflection of residents' exposu...

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New York Spots That Need Earplugs

nypost.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: Manhattan, Noise Pollution, Hearing Conservation, Hear the World, New York Noisy Spots, New York City, New York, Noise, New York News

The subway station beneath Bryant Park is one of the noisiest public places in the city, according to a new survey. The runner up is a bus station on ...

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Symphony of Sirens

Samantha Marshall | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: Congestion Tax, Noise Pollution, New York, Mayor Bloomberg, New York City, New York News

Not even the Ramones turned up full-blast could drown out the sirens, car alarms, car horns, idling buses and trucks, traffic cop whistles and frenetic New Yorkers.

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Quiet, Please: How To Combat Noise Pollution

Guardian.co.uk | Rebecca Hardy | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Women's Health, Men's Health, Noise Pollution, Personal Health, Health, Healthy Living News

John Stewart was living in south London six years ago when two things happened that seriously affected his health. "First the flight paths were change...

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How To Turn Down Noise Pollution

Ode Magazine | Ursula Sautter and Mary Desmond Pinkowish | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Quiet, Noise Pollution, Effects of Noise Pollution, Healthy Living News

A leaf blower, snow blower, lawn mower and two huge dogs--Peter D'Epiro can describe in excruciating detail how his neighbour's lawn equipment and pet...

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