noise pollution

"Lowering vessel speed in hotspots also carries additional benefits, such as reducing underwater noise pollution, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and cutting air pollution, which helps people living in coastal areas," said Nisi.

“There are multiple causes - climate change, fisheries, ship strikes and underwater noise pollution - it’s all adding up.”

And he said, research shows deep-sea mining “may become the loudest activity ever in the ocean and a massive source of noise pollution.”

In contrast, higher noise pollution exposure in childhood and teenage years was subsequently associated with more anxiety symptoms.

Previous UW-led research found that military flights were the largest cause of noise pollution on the Olympic Peninsula.