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Saving the night : how light pollution is harming life on Earth

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    Certified Accessible By: National Network for Equitable Library Service
    Running Time: 02:23 hrs
    Narrator: Mona Paul
    Publisher:
    Centre for Equitable Library Access, 2024

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  • Author: Aitken, Stephen
    Contributor: Hudson, Kirstie
    Date:
    Created
    2023
    Summary:

    The nonfiction book introduces middle grade readers to the effects of light pollution. Illustrated with photos throughout, it examines why darkness is important for plants, animals and people, and the practical things we can do to protect the night sky for all ecosystems on the planet.

    Contents:
    • Night and day in the natural world
    • Artificial lights on land
    • Lighting the oceans, lakes and rivers
    • Guardians of the night.
    Genre:
    Juvenile nonfiction, Illustrated works, Nature and the environment
    Subject(s): Light pollution
    Original Publisher: [Victoria, British Columbia] : Orca Book Publishers, 2023, Toronto, Ontario, CELA
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781038435675, 1038435676
    Collection(s)/Series: TD Summer Reading Club 2024