Many species that might contribute to our natural sound scapes are also declining. And on top of that, we've got increases an noise pollution from human activities. We both this decline and by adversity, reducing the number of players in our natural orchestra. i think one of the key tay comes from this is to get outside and enjoy them in their current form. That was simon butler from the university of east anglia in the u k.
As our environments change, so too do the sounds they make — and this change in soundscape can effect us in a whole host of ways, from our wellbeing to the way we think about conservation. In this Podcast Extra we hear from one researcher, Simon Butler, who is combining citizen science data with technology to recreate soundscapes lost to the past. Butler hopes to better understand how soundscapes change in response to changes in the environment, and use this to look forward to the soundscapes of the future.Nature Communications: Bird population declines and species turnover are changing the acoustic properties of spring soundscapesSubscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday.
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