Campaigners call for urgent action over rising noise levels

[Article] At any given moment, some 10,000 planes are in the air around the world. More than half of those are above the United States. And that means noise. A lot of it. Campaigners in the Pacific Northwest are particularly worried about the impact of military aircraft flying over wilderness areas, and are calling for urgent action.

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This might just be the quietest place in the continental United States. Marked by a red stone and named One Square Inch, it is located about 100 yards off the Hoh River trail in the Olympic National Park. For acoustic ecologist, Gordon Hempton, it’s a spot worth preserving.
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This article was published Friday, 16 November, 2018 by AFP (347 words)
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