skunkbear:How loud is the U. S.*? Researchers from the National Park Service, led by Kurt Fristrup, shared these sound maps at a conference on Monday. Ten years ago, Fristrup set out to measure an important natural resource - the amount of silence in

skunkbear:How loud is the U. S.*? Researchers from the National Park Service, led by Kurt Fristrup, shared these sound maps at a conference on Monday. Ten years ago, Fristrup set out to measure an important natural resource - the amount of silence in

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