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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: ArtHouse Studio by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies We learn in this article by James Urton that the sounds from both large and small ships are creating a...
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: Burak The Weekender by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition During my recent travels in Norway, I was able to cross a fjord on an electric ferry boat. Who knew? I certainly wasn’t aware of this technology. Norway is a small country in terms of...
Photo credit: Pixabay by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies The title of this article from the University of Melbourne is: “How Whales Struggle to Navigate in a Sea of Noise...
Photo credit: Oleksandr P by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Since 2022, residents in a South Tampa neighborhood have been hearing deep bass sounds. But for years, they...
Photo credit: Artem Podrez by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Over 40 years ago, I conducted two studies that examined the impacts of train noise on children’s reading...
Photo credit: Jeremy Bishop by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Here is another study that not only highlights how noisy the oceans are now but also predicts that they...