Saving the Night: How Light Pollution Is Harming Life on Earth
Mar 2023 · Orca Footprints Book 26 · Orca Book Publishers
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Key Selling Points
- Light pollution is threatening the survival of plants and animals all over the world and the ecosystems they depend on. For example, millions of migratory birds die every year because of light pollution.
- More than 80 percent of the world lives under skyglow from artificial lights. Two-thirds of the U.S. population and more than one-half of the European population can't see the Milky Way with the naked eye. The skyglow from Los Angeles can be seen by a plane 500 miles away.
- Light pollution and artificial lights like LEDs have a detrimental effect on human health and upsets our circadian rhythm. It has also been linked to some cancers.
- Plants and animals have adapted to live in darkness over millions of years. Darkness is as necessary as daylight for their survival.
- Stephen Aitken is a biologist and the author ofListen Up , also in the Orca Footprints series.
About the author
Stephen Aitken is a biologist, artist and science writer who has been creating children's books for the past 15 years. Stephen's books and articles are inspired by the wonders of the natural world. He has explored the forests, oceans and mountaintops of the world at all times of the day and night. Stephen is the co-founder and executive secretary of the charity Biodiversity Conservancy International and senior editor of the journal Biodiversity. He lives in Ottawa.
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