Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Olympic National Park's Hoh Rain Forest is among the only places on Earth to escape noise pollution- but it's getting louder.
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Quiet Parks International: quietparks.org
Original sound recordings courtesy of Matthew Mikkelsen: sprucetonefilms.com
Further Reading:
Gordon Hempton & John Grossman- One Square Inch of silence: One man's quest to preserve quiet: barnesandnoble.com/w/one-square-inch-of-silence-gordon-hempton/1017708950?ean=9781416559825
World Heritage Outlook: worldheritageoutlook.iucn.org/explore-sites/wdpaid/2579#:~:text=The%20park%20contains%20981%20species,intertidal%20fish%20that%20collectively%20are
Growler Study: mdpi.com/2077-1312/8/11/923
Manhattan school study: timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1982/04/26/090834.html?pageNumber=22
Noise exposure and public health: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1637786
Harvard Medicine: https://hms.harvard.edu/magazine/viral-world/effects-noise-health
Health risks caused by environmental noise in Europe: https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/health-risks-caused-by-environmental
Newspaper articles:
newspapers.com/clip/118349490
newspapers.com/clip/118349533
Maps:
loc.gov/resource/g4262y.ye000019/?r=-0.588,-0.111,1.965,1.754,0
loc.gov/item/73696488
loc.gov/resource/g3882s.ct009192/?r=-0.059,-0.123,1.112,0.992,0
loc.gov/item/2010592543
Olympic National Park's Hoh Rain Forest is among the only places on Earth to escape noise pollution- but it's getting louder.
📧 Contact Me: hello@aidinrobbins.com
📸 Instagram: instagram.com/aidinrobbins
Quiet Parks International: quietparks.org
Original sound recordings courtesy of Matthew Mikkelsen: sprucetonefilms.com
Further Reading:
Gordon Hempton & John Grossman- One Square Inch of silence: One man's quest to preserve quiet: barnesandnoble.com/w/one-square-inch-of-silence-gordon-hempton/1017708950?ean=9781416559825
World Heritage Outlook: worldheritageoutlook.iucn.org/explore-sites/wdpaid/2579#:~:text=The%20park%20contains%20981%20species,intertidal%20fish%20that%20collectively%20are
Growler Study: mdpi.com/2077-1312/8/11/923
Manhattan school study: timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1982/04/26/090834.html?pageNumber=22
Noise exposure and public health: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1637786
Harvard Medicine: https://hms.harvard.edu/magazine/viral-world/effects-noise-health
Health risks caused by environmental noise in Europe: https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/health-risks-caused-by-environmental
Newspaper articles:
newspapers.com/clip/118349490
newspapers.com/clip/118349533
Maps:
loc.gov/resource/g4262y.ye000019/?r=-0.588,-0.111,1.965,1.754,0
loc.gov/item/73696488
loc.gov/resource/g3882s.ct009192/?r=-0.059,-0.123,1.112,0.992,0
loc.gov/item/2010592543
