{"id":138463,"date":"2025-03-24T07:55:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T05:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/road-rage-in-paradise-traffic-noise-is-changing-how-birds-in-the-galapagos-behave\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T07:55:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T05:55:58","slug":"road-rage-in-paradise-traffic-noise-is-changing-how-birds-in-the-galapagos-behave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/road-rage-in-paradise-traffic-noise-is-changing-how-birds-in-the-galapagos-behave\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Road rage\u2019 in paradise: Traffic noise is changing how birds in the Gal\u00e1pagos behave"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138463\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>The study flags new challenges for conservation as population growth brings humans and animals closer together. If traffic makes you feel irritated or aggressive, you aren\u2019t alone. New research has revealed that birds in the Gal\u00e1pagos are suffering from human-induced \u2018road rage\u2019. A study published in Animal Behaviour found that male Gal\u00e1pagos yellow warblers \u2013 a songbird found across the archipelago located about 800 kilometres off Ecuador \u2013 living near busy roads react with heightened aggression when exposed to traffic noise. With humans coming into ever-closer contact with wildlife, the findings put the hidden impact of noise pollution in a new light.<\/p>\n<p>Since Charles Darwin developed his theory of human evolution following an 1835 trip to the islands, the Gal\u00e1pagos have been viewed as a sanctuary for wildlife. But a huge increase in human communities since then has left a mark on native species. The permanent population has jumped from just 2,000 in the 1960s to about 32,000 today. It\u2019s still growing by about 6 per cent each year. More than 200,000 tourists also visit the archipelago annually.This growing human presence has led to more vehicles on the roads. But until now it was unclear how traffic noise affected the islands\u2019 animals.<\/p>\n<p>The research team from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and the Konrad Lorenz Research Centre at the University of Vienna conducted their study by observing 38 male yellow warblers across the islands of Santa Cruz and Floreana. About half were located within 50 metres of the nearest road. The other half were over 100 metres away. The researchers used speakers to play two recorded soundtracks on different days. One played only the song of another male Gal\u00e1pagos yellow warbler, a sound that would simulate an intruder, while the other also featured traffic sounds. Then, they recorded how the birds reacted to the noises.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/03\/22\/road-rage-in-paradise-traffic-noise-is-changing-how-birds-in-the-galapagos-behave\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/03\/22\/road-rage-in-paradise-traffic-noise-is-changing-how-birds-in-the-galapagos-behave\"> Euronews Green<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/road-rage-in-paradise-traffic-noise-is-changing-how-birds-in-the-galapagos-behave\/\">\u2018Road rage\u2019 in paradise: Traffic noise is changing how birds in the Gal\u00e1pagos behave<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[575],"class_list":["post-138463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-environmental-news-en"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}