How is noise pollution harmful? It may be obvious that very loud sounds can damage your hearing, but that’s not the only potential health risk posed by noise.

As more research shows how noise pollution can have severely harmful impacts on our health, there is a growing movement looking for ways to make communities quieter and healthier.

Noise pollution from human activities can have negative impacts on our health—from sleep disturbances and stress to increases in the risk of heart disease and diabetes.

Redlined, marginalized communities tend to experience an outsized amount and volume of urban noise, a new study has found. Such unseen pollution — which has been associated with negative effects ...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 16 - Air and water are the first things that come to mind as afflicted when talking about pollution. But an equally dangerous invisible hazard is always within earshot: noise ...

These results highlight the widespread nature of noise pollution in Dhaka, with 82% of monitored sites consistently registering noise levels above 60 decibels.

The noise pollution people living near an airports are subjected to puts them at risk for serious health conditions — and they may not even know it, research shows. "In our modern world, noise ...

These cities have the most noise pollution Six of the top 10 noisiest cities were located on the East coast, with New York, Jersey City, Newark and Boston all ranking in the top five.

The effects of noise can reach organisms without ears. Because of the way living things rely on each other, noise pollution may actually stop some forests from growing, a new study suggests.

Researchers have found evidence that a common North American spider species alters its webs to deal with urban noise pollution.