The most pressing environmental crisis of these times, our heating of the Earth through carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas pollution, is closely connected to our excessive energy consumption. And ...

As human-caused sound gets louder around the world, some animals change their behavior and many creatures suffer health ...

Noise pollution affects approximately 30 million workers in the United States. Here's why its detrimental health effects deserve your attention. Several months ago, I awoke at midnight to the grating ...

Noise - it's a part of life. (SOUNDBITE OF CARS BEEPING) HUANG: The sounds you hear most may depend on where you live - a rural community versus urban, city or suburbs - but a completely quiet home in ...

Chronic exposure to unwanted aircraft, traffic and construction noise may harm psychological and cardiovascular health. (Getty Images) If you live in a city, near a highway or within several miles of ...

Last June, an anti-noise advocacy group, Quiet Communities, sued the Environmental Protection Agency for not doing its job to limit the loud sounds people are exposed to in everyday life. The group is ...

Human-made noise pollution affects wildlife across habitats, from forests to oceans. Animals across habitats, from forests to oceans, are behaving differently due to human noise pollution. Meg ...

A pioneering study seeks to figure out how a combination of high heat and loud noise impacts the brains and health of L.A.

Residents of the area around Schiphol, a densely populated zone, have regularly complained about the airport's noise nuisance - Copyright ANP/AFP ARTHUR VAN DER KOOIJ ...