How does Light Pollution affect the world?

Answer 1

Light pollution makes astronomy extremly hard and makes sleeping difficult. Light pollution also affects animals and could make them sick. Also, light pollution is a problem, because it consumes a lot of power. To stop light pollution, just turn off your lights at night. If you own a building, do not illuminate your building and turn off your lights. If you work in a buildng and have to work late at night, close the blinds so light doen't escape the building.

Answer 2

It disturbs their sleep at night and gives them psychological problems. Recent studies have shown Light pollution from traffic lights, buildings cars etc. affect human beings. Some affects include: Anxiety, mental problems, and stress. Minor affects include: nausea, sleep loss and others.

Answer 3

Typically it is suggested that the result of light pollution is that there are less stars visible in the sky, as well as other celestial bodies.

However light pollution can have several other impacts:

• Lights attract birds that fly around, and into, lighted buildings at night and kill themselves by impact or exhaustion,
• Light impacts the sex ratios in litters of some animals such as minks. Farmers want more male kits as the pelts are more valuable but the wrong colour of light from highway lighting can impact this ratio.
• Plants use duration of daylight to impact periods for growth and setting of fruit. Artificial light can impact this timing.

Answer 4

Cycles in the lives of plants and animals can be driven by the hours of light and dark in a day. For example the lengthening days in the spring are a clue that warmer weather is coming and it's time to have baby what-evers.

When artificial lights are present there is a disruption of this natural indicator.

In addition mink ranchers feel that mink litters are sex shifted by blue and pink lights duing gestation. The lights from highway light standards can adversely affect the litters to have more male (less desirable) kits.

Ay greenhouse will tell you that plants require a certain pperiod off light and dark to flower or set fruit and seeds

Answer 5

Light pollution prevent us from observing very dim stars and galaxies as unnecessary light is scattered into the atmosphere. Light pollution also affects people living in urban areas as unwanted light can enter someone's property and will disrupt someone sleeping at night.