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Lockdown helps create first global map of spring dawn chorus

June 22, 2020 by Vlad Harabara

The drop in noise from human activity during lockdown has presented scientists with the amazing opportunity to create the first global public sound map of the spring dawn chorus. With a quieter world, scientists and artists from the Biotopia Museum in Munich, Germany, have … [Read more...] about Lockdown helps create first global map of spring dawn chorus

This man is on a mission to create silent, natural oases around the globe

July 10, 2019 by Ivar Laanen

Silence is at an all-time premium in this day and age. In fact, ninety percent of children are expected never to experience natural silence in their lives, and 97 percent of Americans are exposed regularly to highway and air traffic noise. It is so pervasive that many hardly … [Read more...] about This man is on a mission to create silent, natural oases around the globe

Quiet, please!

January 21, 2007 by Jurriaan Kamp

Noise pollution can damage your health and shatter your peace of mind. Here’s how to turn it down. Mary Desmond Pinkowish | July 2008 issue A leaf blower, snow blower, lawn mower and two huge dogs—Peter D’Epiro can describe in excruciating detail how his neighbour’s lawn … [Read more...] about Quiet, please!

listening is worship

January 21, 2007 by Jurriaan Kamp

Gordon Hempton is fighting to save the sounds of silence in Washington state’s Olympic ­National Park — one square inch at a time. Diane Daniel | July 2008 issue Hearing the chirp of a bird in the distance, I expect our unofficial park guide to identify another animal resident … [Read more...] about listening is worship

The sound of a Sitka spruce

January 21, 2007 by Jurriaan Kamp

Audio ecologist Gordon Hempton says Rialto Beach in Washington state is the world’s most musical beach. So Diane Daniel, who writes about his life’s work preserving “One Square Inch of Silence” tried to cipher the symphony by poking her head into the hollowed-out driftwood logs … [Read more...] about The sound of a Sitka spruce

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