Could quiet soon go extinct? Meet the group working to preserve the world's remaining quiet places

[@beatpirate8]

when i was in big island i was shocked at the night sounds. it sounded like a symphony of insects and birds. its so quiet and beautiful!!

[@GamerplayerWT]

Go to one of the great deserts of the world and sometimes the only thing you’ll hear is your own heartbeat and breathing.

[@jojopuppyfish]

I stopped in Newberry Springs 20 minutes north of Barstow CA off and it was so quiet in the desert

[@mancerrss]

Not the Chainsaw company STIHL sponsoring a feature story about extinction of silence 😂😭😂

[@cassini4052]

Nearby Breezy Point is the rest of Jamaica Bay Wild Refuge, a national park in NYC. The biggest source of noise pollution is the aviation training from the NYPD. Other natural areas outside the Jamaica Bay Wild Refuge like Idlewild get noise pollution from the JFK airport, and in Pugsley Creek in the Bronx, from LGA. When we talk about protecting these "quiet spaces", it means protecting them from the noise pollution of police academies, airports, all things some people would argue are essential. I appreciate this project's research into "quiet spaces", but in order to protect these spaces they care about, I hope they're prepared to confront the sources of noise pollution.

[@sundariann9161]

Busy car streets need to restricted away from housing.

[@armageddonready4071]

I don’t even like hanging by the water because the noise prevents my hyper vigilance from settling. Probably because I can’t hear anything else.

[@956bucks]

Big bend national park in Texas is my quiet place

[@deannamadrigal7503]

So ironic that the advertisement in the background is from Stihl chainsaws and equipment with their loud obnoxious sounds, especially blowers. They need to be banned 😬 Quiet has the power to heal 💖

[@latp9567]

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[@untermench3502]

I just take-out my hearing aids.

[@ImpactForever2023]

American should really stop using USA to represent the whole world. That is not the quiet place in the world because you guys did not make a comparison to all places around the globe. In Africa in particular there are countless quiet places around every corner. But since it is not talked about no one can make a report about those places.

[@capgaecapgae9257]

Who knows what will happen in the future ? . . . Future , is completely unpredictable . . . . . . . .

[@Rezin_8]

BAN 2 STROKE ENGINES ❤❤❤

[@tiboregoldberger6817]

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