Effects Of Light Pollution

While Verlyn Klinkenborg has good authority on this topic he uses very little evidence that has been researched and proven. He only mentions two scientific studies. One talks about how light attracts animals and the other is a study that connects brightness in neighborhoods. Throughout the essay he gives what seems to be logical evidence that light pollution has a negative effect, but he is no scientist. The use of reliable scientific sources cited in the essay would have been better evidences. Klinkenborg could have supported his argument using sources.

The wetlands of spring welcomes migrating shorebird species, including sandpipers, stilts, plovers, dunlins, curlews, and avocets. The colors of summer come alive with an array of birds atop trees with beautiful sounds filling the air. These include black-chinned, calliope, broad-tailed, red-tailed hawk, white-crowned sparrow, tanager and rufous hummingbird. Cranes and geese make their appearance in early fall, coyotes, northern shovelers dabble on the water, javelina, and mule deer idle or prance about in the open meadow, and wild turkeys trek in their roosting

Light pollution is a comparatively unknown and yet relatively serious problem that is constantly growing. Because of the way most lights are designed they throw light not just down, where it's needed, but also up and to the sides. This causes unnecessary light to be cast that can disorient animals as well as throw off their normal routines.

Lowered breeding times adversely affect the animals’ ability to nest, reproduce, and rear their young with adequate time. Scientist have found that some “species of migratory birds are arriving at summer nesting grounds in the northern hemisphere earlier than they did before global temperatures began increasing last century” (Travers 2015). Studies have also shown that the American Crow is less likely to colonize sites that continually get warmer (Epanchin 2014). The same research found that the crow will likely go extinct at sites that have been made warmer in subsequent years. Because of this information, one can deduce that the American Crow is temperature sensitive. These findings force us to ask, if temperature increases in a region, then will American crow populations decrease accordingly? It is my contention that if an area experiences increasing temperatures, then the crow population of the area will directly decrease. Measures must be taken to stop and reverse the effects of global warming if there is any chance of preserving American crow

Light pollution is not just affecting large populated cities. Light pollution is happening here at Milligan College. Students are unaware of this problem because they do not know what light pollution is and how it’s a problem. Students already have plenty of worries, whether it has to do with their academics, sports, social or family relationships and even income problems. Nonetheless, students at Milligan should be aware of light pollution and the effects it can have on each individual. Joshua Filmer author of “Light Pollution: How does it impact people?”, states that the exposure of light at night can lead to problems such as cancer, obesity, depression, sleeping disorder, and others; this is also supported by an increasing numbers of sources and studies being done. Therefore, a quick survey was done and a handful of students were asked what is light pollution and how is it affecting you? (The students who participated in this survey

that many of the species that live in the wilderness in and around the park are affected by increased artificial lighting because it disrupts day and night cycles to plants that would not only affect the plant but wildlife that need those plants to survive. These effects can offset the balance of the parks environment, which would also disrupt the aesthetic of them to visitors. People who lived in Joshua Tree when there was hardly any light pollution and development was not the main focus of the area’s officials are now more susceptible to changes in their sleep patterns and life cycles if light pollution increases to anywhere near the amount that effects people who live in Los Angeles, who are far more exposed to risks due to high light pollution,

They are air, land, light, noise, thermal, visual, and water. Air pollution is the contamination of air by smoke and harmful gases, mainly oxides of carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen. Air pollution occurs when any sort of contaminant is introduced into the atmosphere. The most apparent of these contaminants is carbon dioxide, which is frequently called greenhouse gas in the Earth’s atmosphere. The first Pollution is Land pollution which is the degradation of the Earth's surface caused by a misuse of resources and improper disposal of waste. Another pollution is Light pollution is the brightening of the night sky inhibiting the visibility of stars and planets by the use of improper lighting of communities. Light pollution is most common in big cities, though it can also have an impact in suburban areas, around airports or big sporting event facilities, and along highways. Humans, light pollution is more of an irritation than an environmental concern, perhaps making it difficult to see the stars or interfering with sleep. Animals, light pollution can be more obtrusive, disrupting biological clocks, influencing natural predation patterns, and overall threatening animal habitats located nearby to heavily illuminated signs of human civilization. Noise pollution is any loud sounds that are either harmful or annoying to humans and animals. For humans, noise pollution is probably slightly more of a concern than light

As stated before, light pollution is becoming an increasing problem to astronomers everywhere, and is often a result of industrialization and modernization. There are many forms of light pollution including skyglow, light trespass, light clutter, glare, and over-illumination. Skyglow, is when there is so much artificial light in a built up area that the night sky becomes seemingly lighter, while the stars and constellations become dimmer to the point of invisibility from human eyes. Light trespass is also a form of light pollution, and it is the intrusive light falling inside homes and buildings from outside at night. Light trespass is very unwanted and causes citizen complaints from owners of private property.

Have you ever wondered what light pollution is? Light pollution is the effect of artificial lights on the night sky. The problems of light pollution in the United States includes the hampers of our view of some of life’s most spectacular sights, the harming of wildlife and it prevents us from seeing the night sky.

Simply, living in the modernized age has faced us with the large issue of light pollution within the United States and other urbanized locations. After the invention of the light bulb, by Thomas Edison in 1879, the problem of light pollution has been exponentially increasing throughout the years. The brightening of the skies above our heads at night, due to man-made sources, had led to disruptive effects across the globe. For instance, light pollution washes out the view of the Universe; therefore, interferes with astronomical research on the ground. At the same time, light pollution can also have devastating effects on the natural ecosystem on Earth. Consequently, this type of pollution from light can also result in the increase in adverse

concentration of WIFI users persisted throughout day into the night emitting levels of noise exposing species of birds to continuous generation of noise. The generation of noise consequently results in the species leaving an area due to the failure of the mating call being heard. Acoustics also affects bats as noise pollution affects the hunting practices of the animal as bats use sound to hunt. The interference of anthropogenic noise subsequents in an increase of time needed to search for

Pigeons flooded the streets of major cities; they are well adapted to urban conditions and are not afraid of humans

Understanding what is causing declines in migratory birds is still considered to be a significant issue. The period 1970-2005 has seen a decline of 53% in the Curlew Numenius arquata, with countless other migratory birds also seeing declines. Here, data has been used from repeated surveys taken from Forvie National Nature Reserve NNR) since 1991 up until 2010. The data shows the abundance of species present on the reserve, and a variety of factors appear to be causing a decline in their populations. These factors range from fluctuating minimum temperatures to interactions with other species present on the reserve. Minimum temperatures will mostly affect the birds in relation to resource abundance, as temperature can have a negative impact on prey

Light pollution, also known as photopollution or luminous pollution, is excessive or obtrusive artificial light.

Hypothesis: Birds will be more numerous by the Westfield river than at the wetland area and will be more active in the morning.