The World Soundscape Project (WSP) was established as an educational and research group by R. Murray Schafer at Simon Fraser University during the late 1960s and early 1970s. It grew out of Schafer's ...

Learn how a soundscape ecologist captures the shifting audio portraits of ecosystems under the impact of global warming.

The soundscape composition is a form of electroacoustic music, developed at Simon Fraser University and elsewhere, characterized by the presence of recognizable environmental sounds and contexts, the ...

So to create an immersive and enjoyable experience, underwater filmmakers have no choice but to re-create a suitable soundscape in post-production, once the film has been edited. My favourite ...

The scientists plan to listen to the ocean soundscape before, during and after lockdown. They have identified 200 ocean hydrophones - underwater microphones that are already in place around the ...

Natural soundscapes may help reduce stress and anxiety, but adding in traffic noise can mask these potential positive effects ...

Victoria Gill The soundscape of even the most pristine ocean environments has been altered by human activity But the scientists pointed out that the global lockdown revealed how quickly and easily ...

This November, Bob Dylan performed the final concerts of his Rough and Rowdy Ways tour at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The tour picked up where Dylan left off just before the Covid-19 pandemic ...

But as humanity has extended its footprint into the seas, it has done so noisily. The soundscape of the ocean has been thrown out of balance and researchers are now developing new technologies ...

Radio 3 invites listeners to press rewind on a century of the BBC, with an epic, eight-hour soundscape. Visit bbc.co.uk/soundscapeofacentury for the stories behind the music.