What you can do about noise pollution Noise pollution is just one of the things that we folks in the built-up areas — urbanites and suburbanites alike — have mostly given up on.

To investigate how different forms of pollution can impact mental health, lead author Joanne Newbury at the University of Bristol and colleagues analyzed the data of 9,065 participants who were ...

Noise pollution from human activities can have negative impacts on our health—from sleep disturbances and stress to increases in the risk of heart disease and diabetes.

Much of noise pollution comes from transportation — including traffic, highways and railways — or industrial and manufacturing plants, experts say, but it can come from many sources.

The city's noise ordinance requires that noise levels at residential properties must be no higher than 55 decibels from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and 50 decibels from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Noise levels at ...

When they played loud noise to the city spiders, they found that their webs were less sensitive, transmitting fewer vibrations to the funnel. “Their webs were essentially quieter,” Dr. Pessman ...

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 ...