Organisms on earth have a variety of defense mechanisms that allow effective survival. Types of environmental stimuli trigger these defense mechanisms, which can be effective in protecting the ...

Like air pollutants and exposure to hazardous waste, noise pollution is not distributed evenly, a new study led by campus researchers found. The study is the first to assess social inequalities, such ...

I grew up in a house directly adjacent to a noisy street. Honking cars, revving engines and shrieking sirens droned in the background constantly. Similarly, here in Providence, modified cars and ...

Pam Parfitt, a member of the Santa Fe Mayor’s Committee on Disability, is working to inform the public about the harmful effects of noise pollution, a problem that is more widespread than most people ...

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 ...

"The question is: how much of this effect is due to particle pollution, and how much is noise?” the study author asked. If you’ve ever worked in a retail environment in which the same playlist is spun ...

“Long-term exposure to heating and cooling equipment (and the noise pollution this equipment creates) can cause, or worsen, health problems and interfere with employees’ quality of life, as well as ...

New research has found that monkeys increase their use of scent markings to compensate for human noise pollution. The study has investigated how primates change their communication strategies in ...

Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court on Thursday observed that noise pollution emerged as a serious and ...