Researchers set up sonic nets to prevent bird strikes at airports
- 8 years ago
WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA — Researchers have found a new way to prevent bird strikes at airports using noise.
Scientists from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia set up a sonic net zone at an airstrip. This used speakers and amplifiers to emit 24-hour sound
to disrupt the birds' communication.
Over 80 percent of the bird population near the airstrip area was reduced. as a result of the sonic net. The study was published in the journal Ecological Communications.
"By playing a noise at the same pitch, we mask those sounds, making the area much riskier for the birds to occupy. The birds don't like it and leave the area around the airfields, where there is potential for tremendous damage and loss of life" said study lead author John Swaddle, a biology professor at the College of William and Mary in a press release.
Between 1988 and 2013, 255 people were killed in bird strike incidents.
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Scientists from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia set up a sonic net zone at an airstrip. This used speakers and amplifiers to emit 24-hour sound
to disrupt the birds' communication.
Over 80 percent of the bird population near the airstrip area was reduced. as a result of the sonic net. The study was published in the journal Ecological Communications.
"By playing a noise at the same pitch, we mask those sounds, making the area much riskier for the birds to occupy. The birds don't like it and leave the area around the airfields, where there is potential for tremendous damage and loss of life" said study lead author John Swaddle, a biology professor at the College of William and Mary in a press release.
Between 1988 and 2013, 255 people were killed in bird strike incidents.
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