image: Acoustic recording station capturing acoustic conditions at the iconic tourist attraction, Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, Golden Gate National Park, California. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the May 5, 2017, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by R.T. Buxton at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo., and colleagues was titled, "Noise pollution is pervasive in US protected areas." view more
Credit: National Park Service