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.

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

Shouting into the wind isn’t so ineffective after all.