Chronic exposure to unwanted aircraft, traffic and construction noise may harm psychological and cardiovascular health. (Getty Images) If you live in a city, near a highway or within several miles of ...

As transportation networks expand and urban areas grow, noise from sources such as vehicle engines is spreading into remote places. Human-caused noise has consequences for wildlife, entire ecosystems ...

"Oh, the noise! Oh the Noise! Noise! Noise! Noise!" Sound familiar? Maybe a bit like you — when you're being victimized by lawnmowers, leaf blowers, weed-whackers, commercial jets, low-flying ...

With every AI project abandoned, every bitcoin not mined, every pickup truck not sold, every jet fighter not flown, people somewhere will get relief from noise pollution. Power lines for Bitcoin ...

The government issued the Noise Pollution (Control) Rules, 2025 on November 24, 2025. Rule 6 of the Noise Pollution (Control) ...

TOPSHOT - Indian schoolchildren cover their faces as they walk to school amid heavy smog in New Delhi on November 8, 2017. Delhi shut all primary schools on November 8 as pollution levels hit nearly ...

In a bid to tackle noise pollution, a serious yet often overlooked urban issue, Nick Ferenchak, an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico, has introduced a clever solution. Ferenchak has ...

Traffic Noise and Air Pollution Could Be Hurting Your Fertility: New Study Uncovers Surprising Risks for Men and Women. Study: Long term exposure to road traffic noise and air pollution and risk of ...

When I presented my last week’s column, entitled ‘What is the environmental impact of Christmas’, I purposely left off one aspect of the matter because that is the mother of all environmental impacts, ...

If you live in a city, near a highway or within several miles of an airport, you’re probably accustomed to the sounds of sirens blaring, semitrucks rolling by or planes soaring overhead. This ...