Reasons why marine animals may strand have been identified recently and are recapped in the post below.

Living walls make city life safer and less stressfulaccording to a report published by UK consulting engineer Arup quantifying the benefits of green building envelopes such as moss, vegetated walls and roof gardens.

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There will be less noise on Colorado River due to electric rafts.

PAGE, Ariz. — Colorado River Discovery, in partnership with the National Parks Service (NPS), announced its first electric raft was formally launched in the Colorado River Aug. 23.

NOAA released final Ocean Noise Strategy Roadmap, which will guide the agency in more effectively and comprehensively managing ocean noise effects on marine life during the next decade.

Sound-proof metamaterial inspired by spider webs

By modeling different versions of the new spider-web-inspired acoustic metamaterial, the researchers demonstrated that the new design is more efficient at inhibiting low-frequency sound and is more easily tuned to different..

Outdoor noise wreaks havoc with birds. Noise? Birds? Yes, noise effects birds as well as humans, sea life and just about all living life forms on our planet. Every four years, ornithologists from Canada to Mexico gather for the North..

$2.2 million grant to go toward homeowners near airport as Lafayette Regional Airport becomes the most recent airport to benefit from a govt. grant. Some homeowners living near Lafayette Regional Airport may receive a check from the federal..

New survey details impact of marine noise on marine species fromHonolulu, Hawai’i, 2 September (IUCN) –

Environmental group: Whales, dolphins at risk from blasts

A nonprofit ocean advocacy group released new animated maps this week that show the most dangerous zones for dolphins and whales, threatened by proposed seismic airgun blasting..