To whom this may concern,
People, if we asked them, wouldn't even know about noise pollution. Our group didn't know about it either until our teacher assigned us a project based on the environment. Currently, sophomores from Kearny High School are completing a project that uses our knowledge of English and Science. My group is focused on noise pollution, a topic that almost no one knows about but is already having a great impact on the world. Even though we researched quite a bit, we still require help.
First off, we have realized that noise pollution is affected shifting baselines. Noise pollution is created by humans and animals and humans only add to the problem by creating man-made machines. We have added to the noise. Therefore, we want to know if it is possible to prevent further damage in any way. Is there a solution to our shifting baseline that could minimize and, possibly in the future, extinguish noise pollution? Shifting baselines allow people to accept degraded change over time, but we want to stop that.
Furthermore, after our abundant research, we could conclude that noise pollution affects people physically and mentally. People have gotten hearing loss, stress which leads to high blood pressure, and anxiety. Children in the womb surrounded by excessive, loud noise will be affected by it, causing hearing loss. When young, you learn everything by looking and listening. They would have trouble learning when they're younger and paying special classes for children with hearing loss cost a lot. Stress could also cause suicidal thoughts, there's been cases of suicide linked to excessive noise in their area. How many cases of hearing loss and suicided are linked to noise pollution? What areas carry the most noise pollution and are most at risk? If noise pollution gets worse, we worry that more people will be affected by it.
Lastly, noise pollution doesn't just affect humans, it affects animals as well. An example of this are whales. Whales have had indirect deaths because of noise pollution. They swim towards boat noises, which leads to gruesome accidents. Whales are very sensitive to noise. When searching for food, they're known to safely dive thousands of feet, but when they hear loud noises they dive recklessly - sometimes to the point where they die from the bends. Noise could also lead to strandings and disrupted mating calls, having whales constantly on edge around ships. How could we prevent noise pollution from affecting marine life? Perhaps if we could provide solutions for this, the oceans would be safer.
Our research has shown us many things, but we are hoping that your insight can help us. The healths problems noise pollution has on people and danger for marine life is very alarming. There are some ways that we can help, but we would love to know more about noise pollution and our role in reversing it. Thank you for taking time our of your busy schedule to read this. Any answers you can give would be most appreciated. Solutions are essential for any ecological issue and we wish to be future leaders that can change the way people treat the world as a whole.
Thank you again!
Experts:
Michael Bahtiarian INCE Bd. Cert. Vice President, Noise Control Engineering, LLC
Robert D. Bruce P.E., Bd. Cert. INCE, CSTI acoustics
David s. Woolworth Principal, Roland, Woolworth & Associates
Gary Floyd, Gary Floyd and Associates
Norman R. Dotti PE, PP, INCE, Russell Acoustics, LLC
People, if we asked them, wouldn't even know about noise pollution. Our group didn't know about it either until our teacher assigned us a project based on the environment. Currently, sophomores from Kearny High School are completing a project that uses our knowledge of English and Science. My group is focused on noise pollution, a topic that almost no one knows about but is already having a great impact on the world. Even though we researched quite a bit, we still require help.
First off, we have realized that noise pollution is affected shifting baselines. Noise pollution is created by humans and animals and humans only add to the problem by creating man-made machines. We have added to the noise. Therefore, we want to know if it is possible to prevent further damage in any way. Is there a solution to our shifting baseline that could minimize and, possibly in the future, extinguish noise pollution? Shifting baselines allow people to accept degraded change over time, but we want to stop that.
Furthermore, after our abundant research, we could conclude that noise pollution affects people physically and mentally. People have gotten hearing loss, stress which leads to high blood pressure, and anxiety. Children in the womb surrounded by excessive, loud noise will be affected by it, causing hearing loss. When young, you learn everything by looking and listening. They would have trouble learning when they're younger and paying special classes for children with hearing loss cost a lot. Stress could also cause suicidal thoughts, there's been cases of suicide linked to excessive noise in their area. How many cases of hearing loss and suicided are linked to noise pollution? What areas carry the most noise pollution and are most at risk? If noise pollution gets worse, we worry that more people will be affected by it.
Lastly, noise pollution doesn't just affect humans, it affects animals as well. An example of this are whales. Whales have had indirect deaths because of noise pollution. They swim towards boat noises, which leads to gruesome accidents. Whales are very sensitive to noise. When searching for food, they're known to safely dive thousands of feet, but when they hear loud noises they dive recklessly - sometimes to the point where they die from the bends. Noise could also lead to strandings and disrupted mating calls, having whales constantly on edge around ships. How could we prevent noise pollution from affecting marine life? Perhaps if we could provide solutions for this, the oceans would be safer.
Our research has shown us many things, but we are hoping that your insight can help us. The healths problems noise pollution has on people and danger for marine life is very alarming. There are some ways that we can help, but we would love to know more about noise pollution and our role in reversing it. Thank you for taking time our of your busy schedule to read this. Any answers you can give would be most appreciated. Solutions are essential for any ecological issue and we wish to be future leaders that can change the way people treat the world as a whole.
Thank you again!
Experts:
Michael Bahtiarian INCE Bd. Cert. Vice President, Noise Control Engineering, LLC
Robert D. Bruce P.E., Bd. Cert. INCE, CSTI acoustics
David s. Woolworth Principal, Roland, Woolworth & Associates
Gary Floyd, Gary Floyd and Associates
Norman R. Dotti PE, PP, INCE, Russell Acoustics, LLC