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Photo credit: Chris Waits licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition BBC Future, republishing an article from Knowable Magazine, reports on research about underground noise, not that made by subway trains or utility pipes, but natural...
This image by NIH Image Gallery is in the public domain by Jan L. Mayes, MSc, Audiologist, Member, The Quiet Coalition A Short Wave podcast at NPR highlights how even mild concussions or brain injuries can change how a person processes sound. These auditory problems...
This image is in the public domain by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report on EuroNews Green discusses research on narwhals done by scientists at the University of Copenhagen and the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources. The scientists studied...
Photo credit: John Nail from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I have never been to Stonehenge on my several visits to the UK, but hope to get there someday. On the winter solstice, crowds usually gather there to watch the sun set between the...
Photo credit: Matteo Badini from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I was an environmentalist long before I became a noise activist, and am a member and supporter of a number of environmental organizations, including The Nature Conservancy. Like The...
Photo credit: James Brooks licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I’m a doctor, not an art critic, but I was intrigued by this report in the Alaska Daily News about a new exhibit at the Anchorage Museum. As the article notes, museums...
Photo credit: John Kannenberg licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition I was saddened to learn this week that R. Murray Schafer, the eminent Canadian composer, writer, and acoustic...
Photo credit: Johannes Plenio from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report on CNN Travel discusses the efforts of Quiet Parks International to preserve the last remaining quiet places on the planet. For a place to meet QPI's' selection...
Photo credit: Christopher Michel licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report from BBC News explains why whales in Alaska have been happy. Namely, the coronavirus pandemic shut down tourism, quieting the waters in which they...