Noise pollution harms wildlife, degrades habitats

ENN
Oct 5, 2015, 10:11 am32 pts
Traffic noise is just another inconvenience for many of us. But for wildlife, noise from honking, and zooming vehicles can often be an insidious threat: it can degrade habitats without leaving any physical evidence of change, warns a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of…

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