#kk-soundscape

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'An alternative reality': how sound recordings reveal the secret world of ponds

In capturing the music of freshwater life, scientists have found a new way to measure underwater biodiversity.

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tree.fm – Tune Into Forests From Around The World 🌳🔈

People around the world recorded the sounds of their forests, so you can escape into nature, while in lockdown or unable to travel. Use this site to chill, meditate or do some digital shinrin-yoku.

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Amid the North Bay Fire Ruins: A Lost 'Sanctuary' for Nature's Music | KQED

A dean of nature sound recording suffers 'loss of habitat' -- but vows his "Wild Sanctuary" will rise from the ashes.

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Song From The Forest

Song From The Forest — A modern epic set between rainforest and skyscrapers by Michael Obert — presented by Tondowski Films

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Preliminary evidence: the stress-reducing effect of listening to water sounds depends on somatic complaints: A randomized trial

Listening to natural sounds is applied in health contexts in order to induce relaxation. However, it remains unclear whether this effect is equally efficacious in all individuals or whether it depends on interindividual differences. Given that individuals ...

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Bernie Krause & Almo Farina

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HARRIS & RADFORD

In  the  face  of  accelerated  climate  change,  monitoring  biodiversity  has  become  acritical task  for  ecologists. Habitat  loss  is  occurring  at  an  alarming  rate  both  in  terrestrial  and marine ecosystems, resulting in endangerment and extinction of species up to 1,000 times faster  than  natural  rates. However,  traditional  biodiversity  measurements  are  logistically and   financially   difficult,   making   biodiversity   monitoring   a   challenging   obstacle   to conservation  efforts. In  terrestrial  environments,  “Soundscape Ecology”  has  recently emerged as a potential solution to these problems, providing a mechanism for measuring biodiversity  at  various  temporal  and  spatial  scales  using  acoustic  signatures. 

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We argue that soundscapes possess both ecological and social value and that they should be considered natural resources worthy of management and conservation. In this paper we bring together diverse bodies of literature that identify the human and ecological benefits provided by soundscapes. Sense of place, cultural significance, interactions with landscape perceptions, and wildlife wellbeing are a few of the values ascribed to soundscapes. The values and benefits of soundscapes are motivation to advance soundscape conservation and management. Given that soundscape conservation is new, we present a summary of conservation principles that need to be considered in soundscape conservation planning. These include the need to set goals, identify targets, assess condition, identify and manage threats, and conduct monitoring of the soundscape. We also argue that soundscape conservation needs to consider the soundscape within the larger mosaic of the landscape that is occupied by humans—a perspective provided by landscape ecology. We describe several different kinds of soundscapes that need to be conserved, such as natural quiet, sensitive, threatened, and unique soundscapes, and the ways that conservation planning can protect these for the future.