• Noise pollution is an unwanted or disturbing sound that can interfere with normal activities for humans and wildlife.
  • Excessive noise harms human health and interferes with people’s daily activities. It can disturb sleep, cause cardiovascular and psychophysiological effects.
  • Animals use sound for a variety of reasons, including to navigate, find food, attract mates, and avoid predators. Noise pollution makes it difficult for them to accomplish these tasks, which affects their ability to survive.
  • How is vegetation affected? Many plants and trees rely on birds and animals to carry their pollens to other flowers or to disperse their seeds, but noise pollution scares off these species. In order to adapt to noise, they change their behaviour or move to quieter places. This, in turn, affects vegetation.