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Noise Travels Fast (And Far)

Ji-Elle, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2101536

It's well established that urban areas have an effect on even remote environments. 

For example, it's hard to find places to see the stars in the night sky when there's a city nearby. 

And it's not just visuals, it's sounds, too... that the sounds of human society intrude well into rural areas, with an effect on sensitive animal species and habitats in which they should be generally free of humans.  Rachel Buxton at Colorado State University is the lead researcher and our guest.  
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.