Bayne said it's the job of researchers like him to strengthen those numbers, and one way of doing that is by simply listening. "We have shown very conclusively that traffic noise and noise from industrial sites reduces the quality of otherwise perfectly good habitat. Carrie Ann Adams is a student looking at the effects of artificial light on birds and insects, employing autonomous recording units. I am looking at the effects of artificial light on birds," Adams said. Artificial light is growing at a rapid rate worldwide and yet it could be one of the most easily controlled pollutants."

Source: CBC News July 12, 2020 14:03 UTC