Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chronic exposure to unwanted aircraft, traffic and construction noise may harm psychological and cardiovascular health. (Getty ...

Woman with closed eyes covering her ears in the street while vehicles are passing by fast in the background. Stressful and frustrating. Given the growing cacophony of noise pollution here on planet ...

In an unprecedented collaboration, the European Society of Cardiology, the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the World Heart Federation have issued a joint statement ...

A University of Michigan study found noise pollution has a significant negative impact on wild birds. Noise can interfere with mating calls, parent-offspring communication, and predator detection.

The most pressing environmental crisis of these times, our heating of the Earth through carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas pollution, is closely connected to our excessive energy consumption. And ...

Last June, an anti-noise advocacy group, Quiet Communities, sued the Environmental Protection Agency for not doing its job to limit the loud sounds people are exposed to in everyday life. The group is ...

When Rachel Carson wrote the environmental classic "Silent Spring" in 1962, she warned that unchecked human impacts might create a silent future. Forty years later, biologists uncovered a striking ...

Human-made noise pollution affects wildlife across habitats, from forests to oceans. Animals across habitats, from forests to oceans, are behaving differently due to human noise pollution. Meg ...

Roughly one in six people are affected by infertility worldwide. And with more than half the world’s population now living in urban areas, researchers are interested in whether living in noisy and ...

Having a noisy neighbour is one of the many things that can make staying at home uncomfortable. Unless you want to go the extra mile to soundproof your house, you’re left to deal with every clanging ...