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 4th, 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…
