Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chronic exposure to unwanted aircraft, traffic and construction noise may harm psychological and cardiovascular health. (Getty ...

In an unprecedented collaboration, the European Society of Cardiology, the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the World Heart Federation have issued a joint statement ...

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Research from the Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM), Karolinska Institutet shows that air pollution and traffic noise together may pose a greater risk for stroke than either factor alone. The ...

The most pressing environmental crisis of these times, our heating of the Earth through carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas pollution, is closely connected to our excessive energy consumption. And ...

As more and more data centers are proposed throughout the region and the state, the issues critics bring to the table are becoming fairly familiar — the amount of water used to cool the servers, air ...

Noise and wave pollution encompass unwanted acoustic and hydrodynamic disturbances that compromise environmental quality, human health and ecosystem function. Acoustic noise arises from road, rail, ...