THE LIGHT DOCTOR 12: Light Pollution and Biodiversity

Chapter 12 discusses the harm caused to the other 8.7 million species on the planet by our unrestrained use of electric light, and what we can do to protect biodiversity

Early in the morning of February 4^th, 1993, an orbiting Russian satellite named “Znamya 2” (meaning “Banner”), deployed a large mirror to reflect the sun’s rays onto the dark side of the earth¹. The dream of the engineers was to banish the night and save billions of dollars in electricity. By increasing the length of the day, they sought to boost product…