A loud freight train travels within a few feet of a residential complex and next to train cars filled with coal in Denver, Colorado on Nov. 20, 2015. Kathryn Scott Osler / The Denver Post via Getty Images
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Sounds affect our daily lives, from birdsong and soothing melodies to jackhammers and jet engines.
People who live in urban environments are often affected by noise pollution, but, due to systemic injustice, some are impacted more than others. And it not only affects humans, but wildlife as well.
A new study by acoustic ecologists from Colorado State University (CSU) has found that marginalized communities are subjected to more urban noise that is louder, and…
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