Clamor examines how the mechanization of sound in daily life contributes to sensory smog, affecting our health and the natural world around us. It emphasizes the rising volume and its implications for human and animal well-being.
One neighbour stated, "If Urban Chocolatier will remain open from 11pm until 2.30am, it will detrimentally affect my health and wellbeing and many other people in the direct vicinity."
The helicopter that broke apart mid-flight and plunged into the Hudson near Jersey City last week, killing the pilot and a family of five, flew more than 8,000 missions in the New York area during the last five and a half years, according to a flight history database compiled by the aviation consultancy FlightAware.