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E13 Light Pollution

Light pollution is the excessive use of artificial light, primarily from urban areas, which has various types including urban sky glow, light trespass, glare, uplight, and clutter. It negatively impacts health by disrupting circadian rhythms, affects plant reproduction, harms animal behavior and populations, and leads to economic waste through high energy consumption. The Bortle scale measures the brightness of the night sky, with nine levels indicating the severity of light pollution.

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E13 Light Pollution

Light pollution is the excessive use of artificial light, primarily from urban areas, which has various types including urban sky glow, light trespass, glare, uplight, and clutter. It negatively impacts health by disrupting circadian rhythms, affects plant reproduction, harms animal behavior and populations, and leads to economic waste through high energy consumption. The Bortle scale measures the brightness of the night sky, with nine levels indicating the severity of light pollution.

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LIGHT POLLUTION

Light Pollution
• Inappropriate or excessive use of arti cial light
• A side effect of industrial civilization
• Sources - building exterior and interior lighting,
advertising, commercial properties, of ces,
factories, streetlights

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Types of Light Pollution
• Urban sky glow - brightening of the
night sky over urban inhabited
areas.
• Light Trespass - The falling of light in
an area where it is not intended or
needed
• Glare - Excessive brightness of light,
causing visual discomfor t and
disability.
• Uplight - directed toward the open
sky, causing a very strong, localised
form of light pollution
• Clutter - refers to an excessive
grouping of lights, commonly found
in over-lit areas
• Effects on Health —
• Interferes with Circadian rhythm
• Lowers Melatonin Production
• Also linked to Cardiovascular disease
and cancer

• Effect on Plants —
• Disturbs photoperiodism of Plants -
pigment formation, leave shedding and
the onset and breaking of bud dormancy
• Prevent owering & pollination - hampers
reproduction
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• Effects on Animals —
• Decline of Insect population
• ‘Trap Effect’ in Pollinators
• Migratory Birds and Turtle gets confused
on their navigator pathway
• Af fects animal behaviour - such as
migration patterns, wake-sleep habits, and
habitat formation

• Effect on Economy —
• Wastage of Resources
• High Energy Consumption - High Emissions
BORTLE SCALE
• Measuring the quality (brightness) of the night sky for a particular location
• There are nine levels to the Bortle scale with Class 9 being the most extreme amount of
light pollution.

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