Science explains why shouting into the wind seems futile
People upwind can hear you hollering into a breeze, but it’s hard to hear yourself
![A photo of someone in a blue jacket with their upper body through the sunroof of a car. There is a ring of several small microphones surrounding them.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/050823_ev_wind_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
To study why it seems difficult to yell into the wind, acoustics researcher Ville Pulkki stuck his head out of a moving car outfitted with microphones. The test was one of several experiments exploring the phenomenon.
Ilkka Huhtakallio