Light Pollution
The environmental consequences of light pollution
|1 |Imagine yourself walking on the 18th September square at the center of Eindhoven at midnight. The stones where you are walking on are |
|2 |illuminated. When you look at your left side, you could see the Bijenkorf with all its colored panels. When you look up, you see trees |
|3 |decorated with lights. It is a beautiful sight, but it is questionable whether all those lights are necessary. |
|4 | |
| |When artificial light illuminates more than its intended target area, one can speak of light pollution. In the past, light at night was|
|5 |only used to illuminate the street. Nowadays, lights illuminate much more than just the streets. Think of billboards and shopping |
|6 |centers, which are most of the time over-illuminated. Al those lights bring along major environmental effects. These environmental |
|7 |consequences of light pollution and possible solutions will be discussed below. |
|8 | |
|9 |The two main environmental consequences of light pollution are the threat to wildlife and air pollution. Birds in the sky are all |
| |disorientated by all the light in the sky at night; they are confused about their day and night rhythm. Besides, some birds will kill |
|10 |themselves by flying against billboards which they were not expecting. Because most of the country’s power plants are still powered by |
|11 |fossil fuels, more light means more air pollution. Besides, unnecessary use of exhaustible resources (fossil fuels) to produce light |
|12 |must come to an end.
|1 |Imagine yourself walking on the 18th September square at the center of Eindhoven at midnight. The stones where you are walking on are |
|2 |illuminated. When you look at your left side, you could see the Bijenkorf with all its colored panels. When you look up, you see trees |
|3 |decorated with lights. It is a beautiful sight, but it is questionable whether all those lights are necessary. |
|4 | |
| |When artificial light illuminates more than its intended target area, one can speak of light pollution. In the past, light at night was|
|5 |only used to illuminate the street. Nowadays, lights illuminate much more than just the streets. Think of billboards and shopping |
|6 |centers, which are most of the time over-illuminated. Al those lights bring along major environmental effects. These environmental |
|7 |consequences of light pollution and possible solutions will be discussed below. |
|8 | |
|9 |The two main environmental consequences of light pollution are the threat to wildlife and air pollution. Birds in the sky are all |
| |disorientated by all the light in the sky at night; they are confused about their day and night rhythm. Besides, some birds will kill |
|10 |themselves by flying against billboards which they were not expecting. Because most of the country’s power plants are still powered by |
|11 |fossil fuels, more light means more air pollution. Besides, unnecessary use of exhaustible resources (fossil fuels) to produce light |
|12 |must come to an end.