New noise-weighting functions for animals could revolutionize wildlife conservation efforts.
Scientists are working on creating new ways to measure the impact of noise on animals. They want to develop special formulas for different types of animals, instead of using ones made for humans. They are considering using the hearing abilities of each animal to create these formulas. They believe that using these new formulas could help predict how noise affects animals better than the current methods. They suggest that different animals may need different ways of measuring noise effects, especially when looking at how noise affects their behavior. These new methods need to be tested before they can be used widely.