Noise

people in a public square

Barcelona is one of Europe’s loudest cities. It’s trying to turn down the volume.

Around 60 million adults in European cities are exposed to noise that’s harmful to health. 

A baseball player watches a foul ball go into stands filled with photos of fans.

Can artificial crowd noise match the thrill of packed stadiums?

Sports
People in a Yangon try out the "soundsuit," an art installation that's designed to draw attention to noise. "Maybe once people hear what they sound like," says one of the creators, "they'll reduce the noise."

In Myanmar, an artist wades into the sensitive business of noise

Arts
Traffic

The noise of cities can harm our health but it can also make us more creative

Health

NOAA maps the noise pollution we don’t hear, under the sea

Environment

Online community seeks to enable documentation of environmental conditions

Environment

At Eye on Earth, scientists are collaborating to share data about environmental conditions, but they want help from the community to help broaden their base of information and hopefully improve the world.

Searching for impossible silence

Noise permeates every aspect of modern life, especially city life. Is there anywhere a person can go for real silence?

Can noise be music?

Arts, Culture & Media

A movement in the Japanese music underground surfaced in the 1990s to ask the same questions as avant-garde icon John Cage did in the 1950s.

Fan Releases Nosferatu D2″²s Album Again, Ignites Cult Following

Arts, Culture & Media

Nosfeartu D2 was virtually a nameless band when it broke up in 2007, but developed a cult following on the release of its debut album two years later by one diehard fan.

The World

The Sounds of the World Trade Center

Arts, Culture & Media

Listen Stephen Vitiello is a composer and sound artist. In 1999, he worked in a studio on the 91st floor of the World Trade Center. For six months he recorded the noises of the building and its surroundings.