Constant urban noise causes chronic stress, and poorer areas are exposed to more of it.

But the most significant change in modern science is not just about the amount of noise, but how we experience it. Noise is no longer understood solely as a problem that affects hearing, it is also recognised as a systemic environmental pollutant. Transport noise is now one of the leading environmental cause of illness in Europe, second only to air pollution.

  • SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 days ago

    In nature that’s fine, but for your yard, not as much

    … Your yard is nature. Plant some native plants for fucks sake