Human Noise Pollution Disrupts Animal Communication and Survival
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Summary
The article examines the impact of human-generated noise pollution on wildlife, discussing how anthropogenic noise from cities, industry, and transportation interferes with animals' ability to hear predators, mates, and other critical environmental cues. Research shows most animals are negatively affected by human noise, which disrupts their natural communication and survival mechanisms. The article suggests this is a solvable environmental problem if society chooses to address it.
Key quotes
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As human society has expanded—with sprawling cities, industrial mines, and roads crisscrossing the world—it has gotten noisier too, and animals have trouble hearing one another.
Noise is invisible; there's no billowing smokestack, no soiled water
The good news is it's a problem we can solve if we want to.
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