Climate Change Is Breaking Earth's Beat.

Trends Ecol Evol

Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Urbino University, Via Sant'Andrea 34, 61029 Urbino, Italy.

Published: November 2019

Forests, deserts, rivers, and oceans are filled with animal vocalizations and geological sounds. We postulate that climate change is changing the Earth's natural acoustic fabric. In particular, we identify shifts in acoustic structure that all sound-sensitive organisms, marine and terrestrial, may experience. Only upstream solutions might mitigate these acoustic changes.

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