noise pollution

Santa lost his way in 2016 northern hemisphere smog

NationalSipho Kings | 2017-01-05 00:00:00

Turns out that there is an upside to having your festive season in the southern hemisphere; you get to breathe. That fact should cancel out having...

Cape Town residents go to court over shrieking zipline riders

NationalPhillip de Wet | 2016-09-27 00:00:00

For a few months at least, those holidaying in the R4 000 a night lodge will be spared the bellows of the R550-a-head excursionists as they...

Noise and the city: Hong Kong's struggle for quiet

EnvironmentLaura Mannering | 2013-07-13 08:50:00

In a densely-packed city with a shortage of housing, older buildings are frequently torn down and replaced as developers snap up prime real estate....

Keep it down, you're hurting our sea life

NewsPierre-Henry Deshayes | 2011-12-07 11:13:00

With the constant churn of freighter propellers, the percussive thump of oil and gas exploration and the underwater din of military testing, ocean...

Coping with our noisy world

NewsRebecca Hardy | 2008-09-30 14:21:00

John Stewart was living in south London six years ago when two things happened that seriously affected his health. "First the flight paths were...

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