Soundscape

Sounds Heard by Aldo Leopold

Each morning, the great conservationist Aldo Leopold took meticulous notes of the dawn bird chorus outside his Wisconsin home. Now, a professor and a grad student at the University of Wisconsin have used Leopold’s journals to recreate the soundscape that Leopold heard in 1940.

London’s Millenium Bridge Gets its Own Soundtrack

Arts, Culture & Media

Earth Ear

Understanding the Sounds of Ecosystems

The World

Listening to Alaska

Soundscape/Earth Ear

Listen to an evening serenade of crickets and frogs along the banks of the Danube River, Romania.

The World

Bioacoustics

According to scientists specializing in bio-acoustics, ecosystems have evolved a rich and complex sound quality. But noise pollution from cars, ships, and electronic devices is destroying these subtle, acoustic patterns in habitats around the globe. Reporter Nathan Johnson looks into the causes and consequences of the destruction of these natural soundscapes