paulagteixeira

I've been interested in this idea for a long time, ever since my rowdy days as a member of the streetlight demolition team back in the 2000's. Now I'm really ready to amp up my involvement in this cause. :-) It is the topic of my current nonfiction essay. This book promises to be chock-full of reasons to turn out the lights, beyond the selfish reason that they annoy, confuse and blind me, while destroying all chances of magic and robbing the nights of their God-given charm, wonder, and even—yes—fear. Organize your own local streetlight demolition team! Become a member of the Dark Sky Association at darksky.org ......................................................................................................................................................................................... This book was science speak. It is organized into different taxonomic groups (plants, insects, amphibians, etc.) and speculates on the consequences of artificial night lighting that affect those organisms. The general picture is that yes, artificial lights affect every category of plants and animals! There has not been enough hard research on the topic since artificial night lighting is relatively new in our history, so the long-term results are difficult at this point to assess. However, this book shows behaviors and physiological characteristics that are most likely or anecdotally affected by artificial night lighting and calls for more hard research in those focus areas. As a creative writer, I most enjoyed the creative nonfiction excerpts in between the chapters. In each segment, a writer shares his or her observations of night in a particular time and place. These segments are creative and insightful—very enriching to someone thinking about the idea of night and darkness. I skimmed most of the science articles, but for ecologists and biologists I would say that's good readin.

2020-09-18 12:54