You can listen to a birdsong, and from the content of the birdsong, you will be able to determine whether or not the bird grew up in a noise-polluted environment or whether it grew up in a pristine, clean environment. Isn't that incredible?
I would say that to listen is to become aware. To become truly informed. You will discover whatever you do. - Gordon Hempton
I would say that to listen is to become aware. To become truly informed. You will discover whatever you do.
- Gordon Hempton
The most sensitive frequencies are at the resonant frequencies of the auditory canal. In other words, the ear has shaped itself to naturally amplify … - Gordon Hempton
The most sensitive frequencies are at the resonant frequencies of the auditory canal. In other words, the ear has shaped itself to naturally amplify …
The birds are already evolving, changing the way that they sing as a result of noise pollution. And we have yet to do that. We're still not communica… - Gordon Hempton
The birds are already evolving, changing the way that they sing as a result of noise pollution. And we have yet to do that. We're still not communica…
We're all born listeners. And as a result of our modern lives, and living in a world that has less meaning than the natural world that we evolved to … - Gordon Hempton
We're all born listeners. And as a result of our modern lives, and living in a world that has less meaning than the natural world that we evolved to …
I used to hate the urban environment and the urban din. But I realize now that it's really not that much different than living next to a waterfall fo… - Gordon Hempton
I used to hate the urban environment and the urban din. But I realize now that it's really not that much different than living next to a waterfall fo…
The earth has continued to change, from rapid climatic changes that have caused the glaciers and the ice sheets to basically bulldoze the landscape a… - Gordon Hempton
The earth has continued to change, from rapid climatic changes that have caused the glaciers and the ice sheets to basically bulldoze the landscape a…
I believe that our distant nomadic ancestors came forward and survived because they could hear distant, faint birdsong as an acoustic navigational be… - Gordon Hempton
I believe that our distant nomadic ancestors came forward and survived because they could hear distant, faint birdsong as an acoustic navigational be…
I work in the same style as classic landscape photographers. You find the right perspective, and then you wait until the light is right. I do the sam… - Gordon Hempton
I work in the same style as classic landscape photographers. You find the right perspective, and then you wait until the light is right. I do the sam…
Many environmentalists have failed to recognize that the preservation of quiet areas, places off-limits to noise pollution, should probably be a numb… - Gordon Hempton
Many environmentalists have failed to recognize that the preservation of quiet areas, places off-limits to noise pollution, should probably be a numb…
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