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Does the roar of rocket launches harm wildlife? These scientists seek answers

With rocket lift-offs set to increase drastically, a team will monitor the effects of noise pollution at a California spaceport.
  1. Nicola Jones
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Rocket launches are so thunderously loud that, even from kilometres away, they can feel like being at the front of the stage at a rock concert. That, plus the fact that launch numbers are booming, has prompted a physicist and biologist to team up to study the effects of noise pollution on wildlife — particularly endangered wildlife — at one of the busiest spaceports in the world.

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Nature 618, 16-17 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01713-7

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