Noise does not discriminate, it has no face, no limits, no size however it has an identity which is described as a loud, surprising, irritating, static, or unwanted sound just to name a few. Noise affects people in several ways, from nature cause noise to artificial noise. It will be here and it has a substantial effect on our lives. Noise exists in every area, where some sorts of energy of any kind occur. Any form of noise can be very damaging to our hearing. Both the level of noise and the length of time you constantly hear to the noise can put you at risk for hearing loss and stress.
In today’s reality, we are living in the time where most of the noises are mostly man made. This generation often ignored that these kinds of noises, we are living with are less than two thousand years old. In to the industrial revolution, the world was transition in to the machine period with some very strong attachments of noises. This transition was referred to the change from hand made to machine and factory. Because of these demands, of so call economically production of goods, we are allowing ourselves to living in a much polluted environment. Noise is one of the pollution that was created from this transition, and the first which is created on the very first day machine was created and generated energy. At the same time, noise consequently started to cause damages to our ecosystem and ultimately has some major impact on human wellbeing such as aggression, hypertension, high stress level, hearing loss, and sleep disturbance.
The main source of noise pollution is coming from transportations, constructions, and industrial. Noise pollution in our oceans is constantly increasing, by the demand of commercial and military shipping traffic, sh...
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...on between environmentalism and the arts. As the founder of the World Soundscape Project, he has created significant awareness to noise pollution while presenting various solutions to it to the academic community and the public. Through his compositions, he aims for a transformative experience that explores the relationship between nature and the arts, and how crucial the soundscape is to human culture. In his foresight, he also focuses on pedagogy in order to influence and inspire the future to take initiative to preserve and improve the condition of the world soundscape. Not only does R. Murray Schafer establish his place in the world as the leading figure for the preservation of the environment, but he has also strived towards progress in the soundscape, through the collaboration of all disciplines in order to create a healthier sonic environment for the future.
Nearly 500 whales beach themselves every year due to an excessive use of sonar. Military passive sonar (sound navigation and ranging) is killing and causing whales to avoid their major feeding and breeding grounds while temporarily deflecting from the high frequency sound coming from this unknown source. This event is raising hell in the political sector. Scientists have found many similarities between all the beached whales that have been in the same area that military sonar was being used. Military sonar is affecting the life of whales and their natural habitat for the worst.
2. Health Issues: noise pollution in working areas such as offices, construction sites, bars and even in our homes can influence psychological health. Studies show that aggressive behavior, stress, and hypertension can be caused by noises.
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One of the major problems that society faces today is noise pollution. Everywhere people go there is always something that is making a sound. It can be very loud such as a plane flying overhead, or it could be quiet like the fan of a computer. When a person is exposed to certain noises for extended periods of time it can not only damage their hearing, but also effect their mood, energy level, and productivity. As a result, there has been a push in the last fifty years or so to silence some of the annoying sounds that assault people’s ears everyday. While it might seem as simple as covering ones ears, the scientific community has been applying their knowledge in the hope of creating a more peaceful world.
Taken together, we suggest that it is important to expand the irrelevant sound effect to examine its applications on different ecological important tasks and environmental settings. Adopting an ecological approach to study the irrelevant sound effect in different applied setting, such as studying with music and office noise abatement, will advance our understanding on the practical importance of the irrelevant sound effect.
The noise of Aircrafts was historically a major environmental issue for the airline. It is still high on the agenda of public concern. Noise disturbance has a variety of difficult issues to assess because it is open for self- reactions. Its impact is not one permanently on the actual environment, but it can have many effects on the people living in the area of the airport, including: interference in c...
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vociferous noises are offensive and punishable by law. The law is called noise pollution. The
The song American noise is a song by the Christian band known as Skillet. This song to me is an anthem for the young generation of our society who feel like outcasts. Most hard rock groups of this present age concentrate on what they feel is wrong with society, but not really doing anything about it. The only element it lacks is to empower the listener that they have a voice. That is what this song does for me it gives me hope that tomorrow is going to come and be better than the day before. That I have a voice in society and I have to be the person I expect others to be.
Living in the curse of pollution, where everyday our life is at the mayhem of polluted air, loud sound, honking, here is a person who for the last 28 years fights against the noise-makers of the street. The 52-year-old Kolkata businessman Kailash Mohta started his initiative in 1989 to make people aware about the effects of honking. However, this crusader started his
In conclusion, I can say that it is impossible to imagine my life without these 4 sounds. In my daily life I hear all these sounds and they have become like a part of my life. Presumably, all people have their own sounds which make their life more colorful and interesting. In other words, people have trained themselves to filter out the “noise” of day to day living in a contemporary society. In this case, one question might come to our mind. How many passing automobiles do we now count in one day? For the best part we can only become aware of that there are a lot of passing cars and in no way pay attention to them unless something surprise occurs, such as an accident. This is the world people live in, it is a sound of communication.
Research from the University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography said that species in the ocean consume a projected 12,000 to 24,000 tons of plastic every year in the Pacific Ocean (Nall, 2014). Pollution of recyclable materials in the oceans is one of the leading causes of why some marine species are nearing extinction. Many authors of articles and books analyzing this topic tend to agree that pollution of our oceans is a problem. The future of this problem is where their ideas tend to differ. The following four literature reviews attempt to demonstrate and support my belief that pollution is getting worse in the ocean and more marine life ecosystems are being affected, but there are things that we as humans can do to change this. Imagine a world where we didn’t have to constantly worry about the vicious cycle of humans affecting animals and then animals in turn affecting us through consumption.