Plants are tuned in to acoustic vibrations, and they can hear when the vibes are good. The roots listen for signals of water to drink, according to scientists. A new study from the University of Western Australia’s Center for Evolutionary Biology, published in Oecologia on April 5, examined whether plants tune in to sound when [...]
The review process Adopted 25 years ago, the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive (known as the EIA Directive) should be adapted to reflect the experience gained as well as changes in EU legislation and policy, and European Court of Justice case law. The EIA Directive has been identified as a potential instrument for a future [...]
A 'nightmare neighbour' has been sent to prison after she repeatedly played the Ed Sheeran song 'Shape of You' at loud volume until late at night. Sonia Bryce played the song as part of a campaign of noise disturbance against her next door neighbours, a court has heard. Bryce - a social housing tenant in [...]
Acoustics and acoustic devices have been around for some time. Here are a number of acoustic devices that were used in World War 1. Most of these were needed pre-radar to listen out for approaching aircraft. And then there were those who likely to listen from a distance.....
THE SMYTH NOISE CASE Paula and Vincent Smyth (Plaintiffs) v The Railway Procurement Agency and Veolia Ireland Limited, (Defendants) Ireland and the Attorney General (joined under Order 60RSC). The High Court 2006 No. 1375P. 5/3/2010. Ms Justice Laffoy on 5th March 2010 determined that the Luas Green Line "is being operated without infringing the comfortable [...]
PARIS – Urban noise pollution and hearing loss are closely linked, according to rankings of 50 large cities in both categories released on Friday. High-decibel urban areas — such as Guangzhou, New Delhi, Cairo and Istanbul — topped the list of cities where hearing was most degraded, researchers reported. Likewise, cities least afflicted by noise [...]
A great interview with Tony Andrews of Funktion One. https://youtu.be/2HCVB4ZYeI0
And then there was noise. In many American cities, early paving consisted largely of cobblestones, on which the clopping and clanking of horses’ iron shoes and the iron-tired wheels of carts and wagons created an immense din. Benjamin Franklin complained in the late eighteenth century of the “thundering of coaches, chariots, chaises, wagons, drays and [...]
Nice to see further development in trailing edge technology. A few months back I reported a more basic trailing edge detail, however it looks far more advance now. Well done Enercon, a beautiful aerofoil.
Seven Cork families could be on course to receive damages after a wind farm operator admitted liability in a High Court action over noise pollution. The case is next listed for hearing on April 25, and will be closely observed by many of the families living in close proximity to wind farms and who claim [...]