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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(KWTX) -Noise pollution is more than a nuisance. Most people realize that being around loud noises can lead to hearing loss, but research has linked noise pollution to higher risks of heart attacks, ...

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 ...

Research from two studies in different European cities1,2 highlights that urban noise pollution has a significant negative impact on heart health, according to data presented at ESC Congress 2024.

Public complaints around bitcoin mining noise pollution are growing, but miners have plenty of solutions at their disposal. Let’s use them. Bitcoin mining is loud. Anyone reading that sentence who has ...

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 ...