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National Park Service researchers recorded ambient sound from all over the country to find out where there’s still stillness. David Biello reports 

The long-term winter warming of Russia’s far north has gotten a boost from industrialization. David Biello reports 

Humans are noisy. The National Park Service estimates that all of our whirring, grinding, and revving machines are doubling or even tripling global noise pollution every 30 years. A lot of that noise is negatively affecting wildlife and human health. In this guest episode, the te ...  Show more

A tech reporter on a hunt to defeat her insomnia discovers a larger contradiction fueling the multibillion dollar sleep industry. Can products really solve a problem that modernity has partially caused? Special thanks to guests Charlotte Jee and Ben Reiss, author of Wild Nights. ...  Show more

Relax with a calming mix of music and natural sounds - from a Loch in the Scottish Highlands to the evergreen forests of Thailand via South Africa and a tiny Gloucestershire village.With field recordings by Hugh Manistree, Grace Niska Atkins, Christopher Hammond and Dave Reid. 

Relax with a calming mix of music and natural sounds - from the Scottish border, to a remote island in the Cyclades, via Northumbrian moorlands and the Ribble Valley.With field recordings by Chris Watson, Heather Wright and Tom and Jan Perrett.