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Plants affected by noise pollution

Plants affected by noise pollution

FromNaked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast


Plants affected by noise pollution

FromNaked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast

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Length:
4 minutes
Released:
Apr 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Noise pollution can be difficult to live with, and it turns out that plants are also impacted by too much noise, although not in the way you might expect. Jenny Phillips from Texas A&M in San Antonio has been studying the seedlings of native trees around gas wells in New Mexico. She's found that noise pollution can drive away the animals that some plants rely on to spread their seeds, as she explained to Katie Haylor... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Released:
Apr 30, 2021
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Probing the weird, wacky and spectacular, the Naked Scientists Special Editions are special one-off scientific reports, investigations and interviews on cutting-edge topics by the Naked Scientists team.