Why Silence is Going Extinct

Olympic National Park's Hoh Rain Forest is among the only places on Earth to escape noise pollution- but it's getting louder. 📧 Contact Me: [email protected] 📸 Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/aidinrobbins Quiet Parks International: https://www.quietparks.org/ Original sound recordings courtesy of Matthew Mikkelsen: https://www.sprucetonefilms.com/ Further Reading: Gordon Hempton & John Grossman- One Square Inch of silence: One man's quest to preserve quiet: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/one-square-inch-of-silence-gordon-hempton/1017708950?ean=9781416559825 World Heritage Outlook: https://worldheritageoutlook.iucn.org/explore-sites/wdpaid/2579#:~:text=The%20park%20contains%20981%20species,intertidal%20fish%20that%20collectively%20are Growler Study: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/8/11/923 Manhattan school study: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1982/04/26/090834.html?pageNumber=22 Noise exposure and public health: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1637786/ Harvard Medicine: https://hms.harvard.edu/magazine/viral-world/effects-noise-health Health risks caused by environmental noise in Europe: https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/health-risks-caused-by-environmental Newspaper articles: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118349490/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118349533/ Maps: https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4262y.ye000019/?r=-0.588,-0.111,1.965,1.754,0 https://www.loc.gov/item/73696488/ https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3882s.ct009192/?r=-0.059,-0.123,1.112,0.992,0 https://www.loc.gov/item/2010592543/