Sentences with phrase «of noise pollution»

Scientists researching the effects of noise pollution in mice used silence on the control group.

It is a widespread practical application of this noise - trauma - alert principle — and an increasing source of noise pollution worldwide as the global traffic population grows.

Researchers said that many people don't really think of noise pollution as pollution.

Research seeking to understand the impacts of noise pollution in the marine environment document threats to whales and fish.

High levels of noise pollution were also found in critical habitat for endangered species, namely in endangered plant and insect habitats.

It also provides a baseline for assessing the potential impact of noise pollution from increases in shipping traffic made possible by sea ice loss.

Existing studies barely, if at all, touch upon the topics of noise pollution, light pollution, invasive species, water quality and quantity, and carbon sequestration.

An environmental engineering graduate with sound knowledge and understanding about testing environmental applications, smoke testing and testing of noise pollution, seeks to work as an environmental test engineer for a leading organization.

Traffic, aircraft, mobile devices and personal music equipment are not the only sources of noise pollution.

Compression - release («Jake») braking, a form of engine braking used almost exclusively on diesel engines, produces extreme amounts of noise pollution if there is no muffler on the intake manifold of the engine.

As part of a global effort called LIDO (Listening to the Deep Ocean) to study the effects of noise pollution on marine mammals, NEPTUNE hosts several underwater microphones tuned to pick up sounds of animals passing by.

And they built a sound model... so to get at an idea of noise pollution, we used two thresholds: where anthropogenic noise raises sound levels three and 10 decibels above natural.»

Efforts to bring attention to the issue of noise pollution in America's classrooms are beginning to make a difference.

In order to minimise the risk of noise pollution Bill has proposed that only airships should be allowed to land there.

Umgeni Park also lies conveniently close to both of the major traffic tributaries, the N2 and the M4, although far enough and in the midst of trees not to suffer the consequence of noise pollution.

Jamie Drouin's new installation, Field, calls attention to the harmful capabilities of noise pollution and how it activates experiences of which we may not be aware.

Hammons» seven - minute tape teaches us to accept this act of noise pollution as a sort of musical performance.

In addition, Elektra One and other solar planes have a huge advantage over other light aircraft in terms of noise pollution — the Elektra One is five times less noisy than classic light aircraft.

There are also concerns that wind turbine farms — particularly large ones — may disturb migratory birds, and serve as a source of noise pollution for those living and working nearby.

It becomes clear how some forms of this noise pollution may not only confuse whales, but can also be so powerful that «a whale can be killed outright by the shock,» says Carl Gustav Landin, who heads the marine program for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

The Qualcomm multiband audio dynamic range control (MBADRC) chipset provides high music and voice quality and the Dual Mic enables the detection and reduction of noise pollution.

When a friend asked Grenier to produce the documentary, 52: The Search for the Loneliest Whale in the World, he said he immediately connected with the story of a whale that can't communicate with others because of noise pollution in the ocean.

«We were surprised we found such high levels of noise pollution in such high amounts of protected areas,» says lead author Rachel Buxton, a conservation biologist at CSU.