As part of his research, tyak recorded the calls that whales make. Always in the background was the sound of shipping noise. Researchers like tyak had never really thought much about this background noise. It was just there. But then all of a sudden, it was the change came with the nine 11 terrorist attacks. All of a sudden the ships that were plying the ocean in that area stopped.
The pandemic provided city dwellers with a break from the din of the modern world. Now the noise is coming back. What does that mean for our productivity, health, and basic sanity?