Noise is unwanted sound perceived as disruptive to hearing. In its pertinent form of noise pollution, it negatively affects our wellbeing.
Discover the many aspects of noise and read about strategies and tools to protect us from excessive noise in the environment.
If you want to be more productive, take a rest. Invest in your sleep. I kid you not. Here is how the story goes: Sleep Deprivation is Endemic the World Over The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) reports in a 2018 study that 35% of U.S. adults are getting less than the recommended 7 hours of sleep ...
Aircraft noise pollution is annoying, and studies show, that it damages your health. How do children cope with the noise caused by airplanes? A new study examined the risks of aircraft noise pollution for children living in the vicinity of the Cologne / Bonn Airport. Aircraft Noise Pollutions Appears to Have Less ...
The Two Inseparable Sides of Moving into Silence Moving into silence is a highly subjective, individual experience. Whatever the circumstances for one's desire for quietness may be, it aims at feeling balance and peacefulness. There is an outer dimension to the need for stillness, like getting away from an overly ...
Intercontinental flights are a chance to catch up on movies. I am generally oblivious of what is hot in Hollywood. Too tired to work but not yet jaded enough to sleep, I flick through the latest movies in the in-flight entertainment system and voila, 'A Quiet Place' catches my attention. Easy enough as I am into all ...
Too much noise quite literally makes our living circumstances miserable. We can feel the effects of noise pollution in our guts. But the very nature of discomfort over annoying sounds makes it difficult for our minds actually to understand how the distress comes to be. Noise Pollution creates pain. Under the ...