Exposure to high noise levels is a well-known source of adverse physical and mental health impacts in humans. Wind turbines often suffer extra criticism here, but a new study conducted by researchers ...

One in five Europeans is regularly exposed to noise levels that could "significantly" damage their health, the World Health Organization says, and it updated guidelines on those levels in Europe on ...

With wind generation one of the fastest-growing renewable energy sectors in the world, experts are using machine learning and other signal processing techniques to characterize annoying noise features ...

STEVE: SOME MADISON COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO DON’T WANT WIND TURBINES SAY THE GIANT POWER GENERATORS ARE HAZARDOUS TO THEIR HEALTH. STACEY: BUT AS KCCI’S TOMMIE CLARK SHOWS US, NOT EVERYONE AGREES WITH ...

The committee also agreed that if the county board receives a written complaint about a turbine exceeding noise limits and deems that complaint reasonable, it can hire an acoustic engineer to be paid ...

(a) An illustration of the biodiversity in the wind farm region, with at least three marine taxa that can both produce and sense sounds: snapping shrimp, fishes, and Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins. (b ...

There is increasing concern that electricity generation from fossil fuels contributes to climate change and air pollution. In response to these concerns, governments around the world are encouraging ...

Noisy wind farms and aeroplanes could be made much quieter by adapting them to mimic an owl’s wings, researchers have found. Wind turbines could be allowed to spin more quickly and generate more power ...