Technological noise alters animal behavior and threatens species like marine mammals.

Evidence

The style of the modern life is characterized by an increasing exposure to technological noise produced by cars, airplanes, trains, ships, and industrial activity, and such exposure, named sonic pollution, is responsible in animal populations and in human societies as well for profound changes in their behavior and in many life traits, creating a growing risk of extinction, especially for marine mammals. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 9

Categorization

• XREF: Anthropophony-marine mammal thread aligns with the environmental justice strand and the noise studies (Albert, Price et al.) in the polyad. — connects to: Organisms adapt to natural noise but suffer stress from anthropogenic noise — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 1275; Noise harms hearing-dependent wildlife more than visual species like peregrines — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 691; Prey animals avoid noisy areas because sound is their security surveillance — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 107 (+10 more)
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Turbine noise forces ground squirrels to alter antipredator vigilance. #exemplifies (0.88) — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 1429
• Organisms adapt to natural noise but suffer stress from anthropogenic noise #expands (0.85) — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 1275
• Anthropogenic sound grows dominant and damages animal and human health #expands (0.85) — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 121
• Sudden modern noise gives species no evolutionary time to adapt #expands (0.85) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 915
• Manatees respond to high ambient noise by feeding more and milling less #exemplifies (0.85) — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 1358
• Helicopter noise measurably alters bighorn sheep foraging behavior #exemplifies (0.85) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 485
• Noise pollution directly reduces birds’ reproductive success #exemplifies (0.85) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 942
• Noise harms hearing-dependent wildlife more than visual species like peregrines #expands (0.80) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 691
• Prey animals avoid noisy areas because sound is their security surveillance #corroborates (0.80) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 107
• Ambient noise impairs birds’ territory defense and mate attraction #exemplifies (0.80) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 942
• Habitat-specific ambient noise can drive the evolution of animal signals #qualifies (0.75) — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 336
• Species shift calls to ultrasonic frequencies to escape constant noise masking #exemplifies (0.75) — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 1288