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Noise Pollution
Kathleen RecinosETX 36 Sustainable Engineering
Form of pollution done by different audio sources that either distract, irritate or damage certain environment
Meaning
http://pollutionarticles.blogspot.com/2009/10/noise-pollution-definition-and-causes.html
Stressful to many animals
can cause problems in predator/prey relation and detection
Can even reduce usable habitats for many sound-sensible animals
And can even result in extinction of some species
Effects on Wildlife
http://pollutionarticles.blogspot.com/2009/10/noise-pollution-definition-and-causes.html
Effects on Humans To much noise can lead to stress, aggression, sleep disturbance, hearing
loss, and different other psychological issues
Depending on how much time the person is exposed 100 – 120 decibels can start to cause hearing loss or pain
General use. Level of loudness
Ocean Noise Pollution
Disturb the ones that use the sense of hearing as the most important organ of perception
Dolphins and whales commit massive suicides by coming ashore guided by false signals that resulted from noise pollution.
Effects on sea animals
Sonar blasts of military exercises Booms from air guns used in oil and gas exploration, Fleets of commercial ships in global seas.
How humans affect the ocean
Nature has its own undersea noises. But the new ones are loud and ubiquitous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVqv5Y8euiA
Solutions ?