Artificial Light In The Environment

Author : Catherine Rich
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1597265969
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting written by Catherine Rich and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While certain ecological problems associated with artificial night lighting are widely known-for instance, the disorientation of sea turtle hatchlings by beachfront lighting-the vast range of influences on all types of animals and plants is only beginning to be recognized. From nest choice and breeding success of birds to behavioral and physiological changes in salamanders, many organisms are seriously affected by human alterations in natural patterns of light and dark. Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting is the first book to consider the environmental effects of the intentional illumination of the night. It brings together leading scientists from around the world to review the state of knowledge on the subject and to describe specific effects that have been observed across a full range of taxonomic groups, including mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, fishes, invertebrates, and plants. Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting provides a scientific basis to begin addressing the challenge of conserving the nighttime environment. It cogently demonstrates the vital importance of this until-now neglected topic and is an essential new work for conservation planners, researchers, and anyone concerned with human impacts on the natural world.

Author : Great Britain. Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780108508547
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Artificial Light in the Environment written by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is an urgent need for Government to recognise that artificial light in the wrong place or at the wrong time is a pollutant which can harm the natural environment. This report focusses on the loss of the view of the stars, the nuisance caused by badly designed lighting, and the effects of artificial light on nature and ecosystems. The Commission heard evidence that suggests that more light isn't always better in terms of reducing crime or the incidence of road traffic accidents. Millions of road lights are nearly 30 years old and will need replacing and this should be seen as an opportunity to think about minimising the negative impacts of stray light. There is also evidence suggesting that artificial light can have adverse effects on the biology of many plants and animals. The move towards replacing existing yellow/orange road lighting, which does not affect many organisms, with more modern broader wavelength lighting, which is likely to be detected by a greater number and variety of organisms, could lead to significant impacts on natural systems. The RCEP are therefore keen for local authorities to consider alternatives to simply providing more light, such as using new lighting technologies coming on-stream, and dimming or turning off lights in quieter areas where they are not needed. This would have the added benefit of reducing energy use

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Artificial Light in the Environment written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Masakazu Anpo
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128139749
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plant Factory Using Artificial Light written by Masakazu Anpo and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plant Factory Using Artificial Light: Adapting to Environmental Disruption and Clues to Agricultural Innovation features interdisciplinary scientific advances as well as cutting-edge technologies applicable to plant growth in plant factories using artificial light. The book details the implementation of photocatalytic methods that ensure the safe and sustainable production of vegetables at low cost and on a commercial scale, regardless of adverse natural or manmade influences such as global warming, climate change, pollution, or other potentially damaging circumstances. Plant Factory Using Artificial Light is an essential resource for academic and industry researchers in chemistry, chemical/mechanical/materials engineering, chemistry, agriculture, and life/environmental/food sciences concerned with plant factories. Presents an interdisciplinary approach to advanced plant growth technologies Features methods for reducing electric energy costs in plant factories and increasing LED efficiency Considers commercial scale operation

Author : Zbigniew Stanislaw Klos
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303077127X
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Towards a Sustainable Future - Life Cycle Management written by Zbigniew Stanislaw Klos and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book includes a selection of contributions from the Life Cycle Management 2019 Conference (LCM) held in Poznań, Poland, and presents different examples of scientific and practical contributions, showing an incorporation of life cycle approach into the decision processes on strategic and operational level. Special attention is drawn to applications of LCM to target, organize, analyze and manage product-related information and activities towards continuous improvement, along the different products life cycle. The selection of case studies presents LCM as a business management approach that can be used by all types of businesses and organizations in order to improve their sustainability performance. This book provides a cross-sectoral, current picture of LCM issues. The structure of the book is based on five-theme lines. The themes represent different objects that are focused on sustainability and LCM practices mainly related to: products, technologies, organizations, markets and policy issues as well as methodological solutions. The book brings together presentations from the world of science and the world of enterprises as well as institutions supporting economic development.

Author : Matt Candeias
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1642504548
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Defense of Plants written by Matt Candeias and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Study of Plants in a Whole New Light “Matt Candeias succeeds in evoking the wonder of plants with wit and wisdom.” ―James T. Costa, PhD, executive director, Highlands Biological Station and author of Darwin's Backyard #1 New Release in Nature & Ecology, Plants, Botany, Horticulture, Trees, Biological Sciences, and Nature Writing & Essays In his debut book, internationally-recognized blogger and podcaster Matt Candeias celebrates the nature of plants and the extraordinary world of plant organisms. A botanist’s defense. Since his early days of plant restoration, this amateur plant scientist has been enchanted with flora and the greater environmental ecology of the planet. Now, he looks at the study of plants through the lens of his ever-growing houseplant collection. Using gardening, houseplants, and examples of plants around you, In Defense of Plants changes your relationship with the world from the comfort of your windowsill. The ruthless, horny, and wonderful nature of plants. Understand how plants evolve and live on Earth with a never-before-seen look into their daily drama. Inside, Candeias explores the incredible ways plants live, fight, have sex, and conquer new territory. Whether a blossoming botanist or a professional plant scientist, In Defense of Plants is for anyone who sees plants as more than just static backdrops to more charismatic life forms. In this easily accessible introduction to the incredible world of plants, you’ll find: • Fantastic botanical histories and plant symbolism • Passionate stories of flora diversity and scientific names of plant organisms • Personal tales of plantsman discovery through the study of plants If you enjoyed books like The Botany of Desire, What a Plant Knows, or The Soul of an Octopus, then you’ll love In Defense of Plants.

Author : Mark J. McDonnell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521861128
Total Pages : 747 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecology of Cities and Towns written by Mark J. McDonnell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 747 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assesses the current status, and future challenges and opportunities, of the ecological study, design and management of cities and towns.

Author : Paul Bogard
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316228796
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The End of Night written by Paul Bogard and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deeply panoramic tour of the night, from its brightest spots to the darkest skies we have left. A starry night is one of nature's most magical wonders. Yet in our artificially lit world, three-quarters of Americans' eyes never switch to night vision and most of us no longer experience true darkness. In The End of Night, Paul Bogard restores our awareness of the spectacularly primal, wildly dark night sky and how it has influenced the human experience across everything from science to art. From Las Vegas' Luxor Beam -- the brightest single spot on this planet -- to nights so starlit the sky looks like snow, Bogard blends personal narrative, natural history, science, and history to shed light on the importance of darkness -- what we've lost, what we still have, and what we might regain -- and the simple ways we can reduce the brightness of our nights tonight.

Author : Jane Wegscheider Hyman
Publisher : Tarcher
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Light Book written by Jane Wegscheider Hyman and published by Tarcher. This book was released on 1990 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the role of sunlight and moonlight in setting bodily rhythms, which effect every aspect of our health and well-being.

Author : Jane Brox
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547487150
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brilliant written by Jane Brox and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2010-06-29 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “superb history” of artificial light traces the evolution of society—“invariably fascinating and often original . . . [it] amply lives up to its title” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In Brilliant, Jane Brox explores humankind’s ever-changing relationship to artificial light, from the stone lamps of the Pleistocene to the LEDs embedded in fabrics of the future. More than a survey of technological development, this sweeping history reveals how artificial light changed our world, and how those social and cultural changes in turn led to the pursuit of more ways of spreading, maintaining, and controlling light. Brox plumbs the class implications of light—who had it, who didn’t—through the centuries when crude lamps and tallow candles constricted waking hours. She identifies the pursuit of whale oil as the first time the need for light thrust us toward an environmental tipping point. Only decades later, gas street lights opened up the evening hours to leisure, which changed the ways we live and sleep and the world’s ecosystems. Edison’s bulbs produced a light that seemed to its users all but divorced from human effort or cost. And yet, as Brox’s informative portrait of our current grid system shows, the cost is ever with us. Brilliant is infused with human voices, startling insights, and timely questions about how our future lives will be shaped by light