Redlined, marginalized communities tend to experience an outsized amount and volume of urban noise, a new study has found. Such unseen pollution — which has been associated with negative effects on ...

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 ...

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.

As more research shows how noise pollution can have severely harmful impacts on our health, there is a growing movement looking for ways to make communities quieter and healthier. Noise - it's a part ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new report suggests that the noise pollution produced by deep-sea mining activities could have far-reaching effects on the marine environment, ...

Living in a noisy environment can be annoying, but it might also harm your health. People experiencing high levels of noise from cars, trains or planes were more likely to suffer a heart attack than ...

A growing challenge which is emerging beneath the waves and threatens the balance of marine life is the ocean noise pollution. The main reason behind this pollution is the increase in shipping, ...

Clean air will help the city breathe. Quiet, even in a limited measure, will help it concentrate. Delhi will continue to grow ...

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 ...