America's Protected Natural Areas Are Polluted, By Noise
A new survey shows that the sound of cars and planes and other forms of noise pollution are rampant across the American wilderness. In many cases, man-made noise is drowning out the background sounds.
There are thousands of parks, refuges and wilderness areas in the U.S. that are kept in something close to their natural state. But one form of pollution isn't respecting those boundaries: man-made noise.
New research based on recordings from 492 protected natural areas reveals that they're awash in noise pollution.
