noise pollution

excessive, displeasing human, animal, or machine-created environmental noise

AI overview

Noise pollution is excessive, displeasing sound from human activities, animals, or machines in our environment. It matters because persistent unwanted noise can affect people's health, well-being, and quality of life.

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Vinony's link graph records 892 inbound references to noise pollution, and connects out to Cetacea, circulatory system and pollution.

Vinony files it under Acoustics, Audiology and Environment and health.

Vinony links it to 67 Wikipedia language editions.

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Commons category: Noise pollution

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Encyclopedic overview

A Qantas Boeing 747-400 passes close to houses shortly before landing at London Heathrow Airport. Traffic is the main source of noise pollution in cities like São Paulo.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “noise pollution” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.