Healthy ecosystems are often noisy places: from reefs to grasslands and forests, these are sonically rich thanks to all the species defending territories, finding mates, locating prey, or perhaps ...

Burbling brooks. Gently rustling leaves. For most of us, hearing these sorts of nature sounds indoors improves our mental and physical wellbeing—as well as our cognitive performance. The sorts of ...

Forestry and natural resources professor Bryan Pijanowski, director of Purdue's newly launched Center for Global Soundscapes, captures the sounds of nature while conducting research on the island of ...

Manmade sounds such as vehicle traffic can mask the positive impact of nature soundscapes on people's stress and anxiety, according to a study published November 27, 2024, in the open-access journal ...

You know that feeling of clear-headed calm that washes over you when you listen to water babbling down a stream, or leaves ...

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Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

Soundscape perception encapsulates the multidimensional human experience of the acoustic environment, a subject receiving growing attention in urban research. This field bridges objective acoustic ...

Technology has allowed electronic music artists endless possibilities for mixing and creating sounds. Some of these artists draw inspiration from nature and biodiversity, incorporating birdsong, ...

People experienced less stress and anxiety while listening to nature soundscapes, but the addition of road traffic noise increased their stress and anxiety Manmade sounds such vehicle traffic can mask ...