Saving the Night

ebook ∣ How Light Pollution Is Harming Life on Earth · Orca Footprints

By Stephen Aitken

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Format

ebook

ISBN

9781459831070

Series

Orca Footprints

Author

Stephen Aitken

Publisher

Orca Book Publishers

Release

14 March 2023

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Juvenile Nonfiction Nature Science
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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.

    • Format

    ebook

    ISBN

    9781459831070

    Series

    Orca Footprints

    Author

    Stephen Aitken

    Publisher

    Orca Book Publishers

    Release

    14 March 2023

    Share

    Subjects

    Juvenile Nonfiction Nature Science
    Saving the Night