Ecoacoustics: Acoustical-Ecology In The Press


Introduction: The Ecoacoustic Feature ran in the original Soundscape Newsletter from August 1995 to March 2, 1999. The goal was to track issues about the acoustic environment in the press. Those clips are archived here as a record of sound issues during those years.

Ecoacoustics: 01 August 29, 1995
  • The Sea In 3D Sound
  • Natural Sounds Are Music to Some Ears
  • Crickets Send A Message
Ecoacoustics: 02 September 05,1995
  • Sweet Noise May Soothe Tiny Babies
  • Wind Chimes are so soothing, they're scary
  • Crew hears blast, or uh, whales
Ecoacoustics: 03 September 13, 1995
  • Retreat Into Silence Percussion Programming
  • The Sound of Iron
Ecoacoustics: 04 October 30, 1995
  • Composers Keep Nature Flowing Through Music
  • Cricket Chirps
  • Remembering Radio's Early Days
Ecoacoustics: 05 November 12, 1995
  • Harley's Roar May Become Trademark
  • Scientists Plan to Probe Under Surface of Sun
Ecoacoustics: 06 December 4, 1995
  • Body's Sound Check
  • Court ruling backs man's loud screams
Ecoacoustics: 07 December 19, 1995
  • Subtle Signs Evoke Hope
  • Ultrasound Better Than Biopsy
  • Train Whistles? Not In Pendleton
Ecoacoustics: 08 March 27, 1996
  • Vroom! Harley seeking a trademark for sound
  • Decibel by decibel, reducing the din to a very dull roar
  • Sensors detect gunfire in war against crime
Ecoacoustics: 09 March 28, 1996
  • Sonic booms panic coast cities
  • Do Seal deterrents repel killer whales, porpoises?
  • Protect your ears - turn down the sound
Ecoacoustics: 10 March 29, 1996
  • It's a Noisy World
  • Searching scientific secrets from the hippo's gaping jaws
  • Music: The Oldest Virtual Reality
  • Island county bans wet bikes on waterways
Ecoacoustics: 11 March 30, 1996
  • Good Names Help
  • Ominous music fuels attack ads
  • Music: The Oldest Virtual Reality
Ecoacoustics: 12 April 24, 1996
  • Survivor of Dari Mart robbery files lawsuit
  • All together now, America, let's start singing again
Ecoacoustics: 13 June 05, 1996
  • Wild Noise
  • City Ponders Ban On Noisy Leaf-blowers
  • Institute Citroen
Ecoacoustics: 14 July 08, 1996
  • Leaf Blowers, continued
  • Acoustic Tour by Bike
  • Noisy Skies Over the Wilderness
Ecoacoustics: 15 July 29, 1996
  • Work crew's music annoying
  • Loud bird runs afowl of the law
  • Noise on black box suggests bomb
Ecoacoustics: 16 August 20, 1996
  • Music and Demonstrations
  • Hear the quiet? You're in Noti
  • City Council Ponders On I-105 'Sound Wall
Ecoacoustics: 17 October 2, 1996
  • Where the Buffalo Roam
  • Professor sings while scraping cow Manure
  • In my family, snoring has pretty much always
    been a spectator sport.
Ecoacoustics: 18 November 9, 1996
  • Quiet Please
  • City Hall Siren Keeps Wailing
  • Roar of Celilo Falls Still Rings
Ecoacoustics: No. 19 December 31, 1996
  • Racial tensions climbing in tolerant Vancouver, B.C.
  • Church neighbors, tired of carols, plead for silent night
  • Long-Bell Lumber's steam whistle goes on display in Longview
  • Ganymede's magnetic personality imitates the sounds of a planet
  • The Conspiracy Against Silence
  • Just Shout If You'd Like It To Rain
Ecoacoustics: No. 20 March 24, 1997
  • First lady and daughter take time to be tourist
  • Voice reflects one's true self
  • Protesters whistle up democracy
Ecoacoustics: No. 21 May 19, 1997
  • Phones don't ring bell of all in Navajo village
  • Bells, silence to mark bomb anniversary
  • Horn honkers get $99 fines
  • Scary warning signal modernized
  • Babies pick up sound patterns early, study says
  • Activists criticize rules for canyon
Ecoacoustics: No. 22 June 4, 1998
  • Tune In, Turn On to Whales
  • African Song Spans the Ocean, the Centuries
  • Making a noise in the condo market
  • Snowpack fuels Yosemite Falls' roar
  • Ice cream vendors getting cold shoulder
  • Noise of complaints besets Port
  • Japan will pay for noise from jets
  • Desert eavesdropping on a galaxy
Ecoacoustics: No. 23 June 10, 1998
  • Man fights horn-honking charge
  • Annoying music could be the next radio craze
  • Whirly bird war pits town against wealthy neighbor
Ecoacoustics: No. 24 July 19, 1998
  • Agency fields complaints of profuse, melodic frogs
  • Noise Overhead
  • Springdale celebration saves the bell
  • Eavsdropping on Mars
  • Voice change in boys a sign of growing up
  • Resort waits for Jet Ski ban's wake
Ecoacoustics: No. 25 August 24, 1998
  • Train whistles tire out tourist in railroad town
  • Ear Monitoring the Castelo do Bode dam
  • Device can control rash of cell phones
Ecoacoustics: No. 26 November 18, 1998
  • Turning Up the Volume For Football Practice
  • Pilot's voice can calm nerves
  • Tapes add a new dimension to scandal: hearing Monica
Ecoacoustics: No. 27 December 21, 1998
  • Improved Bells Keep Students Awake
  • Railroad din gets new "brrr"
  • It got loud in Tokyo Tuesday
  • Airplane Noise-Reduction Program A Quiet Success
Ecoacoustics: No. 28 March 2, 1999
  • Crowd Likes Sound Of Titanic's Whistle Ears of boomers echo with sounds of silence Court backs music-loving pigs against group of homeowners
  • Neighbors offer to pay for silence
Ecoacoustics: No. 29 March 22, 1999
  • Turning Down The Movie Volume
  • Violinist Laments Absence of Street Musicians
  • Music As Jail house Punishment