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Photo credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by Abigail Harrison, Editor, Quiet Communities The proliferation of oil and gas drilling in the Gulf Of Mexico will threaten an endangered whale species, an environmental group argued in the United States...
Photo credit: Jean-Christophe André by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies I've noticed more news articles that speak to the harmful effects that human-made noises have on...
Photo credit: Ivan Cujic by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In New York City, around the Fourth of July, many residents complain about illegal fireworks in their...
Photo credit: Jeremy Bishop by Halimat Olunlade, Social Media Manager Some might assume that noise pollution only affects humans, but a hidden crisis is unfolding beneath the waves. Manmade noise beneath the ocean’s surface creates what experts call an “acoustic...
Photo credit: Pixabay by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Just as the interest in the adverse effects of noise on humans has grown, so too has the interest in the effects...
Photo credit: en:User:Cburnett, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition "Listen up: new insights into little penguins’ sensitivity to noise." That’s the title of a report on the Science Daily website, but I think the title is...
Photo credit: Red Brick by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Underwater noise makes it difficult for killer whales to hunt and communicate, which endangers their lives. In...
Photo credit: Pixabay by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Former Boston Herald Sunday Magazine gardening columnist Catherine Greenleaf moved to Vermont some years ago, became interested in birds and now records the Birdhugger podcast twice a month. She...
Photo credit: 42 North by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The fact that traffic noise is harmful to humans has been discussed at length in this blog, but this post will...