2025-05-16 14:41
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Tags: anthropogenic noise
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Noise pollution, defined as the increase in ambient noise levels due to human activities,
poses serious threats to both humans and wildlife. Slabbekoorn, Hans. “Noise Pollution.”
Noise pollution operates in four major ways in nature...
1. Masking - inability to hear important cues
2. Avoidance - of noisy locales
3. Stress - due to threatening resemblance of noise
4. Changes in anti-predation - replacing anti-predation with using noise to mask against
predators (?)
Noise pollution has physical, hormonal, behavioral, and psychological effects
Noise pollution needs to be studied long-term.
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