Projections suggest that up to a billion birds die each year from the effect of city lights, tall buildings and glass windows. They fly into buildings or around them until exhausted. The lose their way, the constellations turned to so many dazzling glaring bulbs and LEDs. Turning off the lights helps. A lot.
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and New York City Audubon realized turning off bright lights helps birds move on within minutes when they studied the annual 9/11 light memorial in downtown New York City. Plants and animals above and below them on the food chain depend on birds for survival.
And just when I was about to give up on our species and its future, this. Via AccuWeather
Let There Be: Dark
Let There Be: Dark
Let There Be: Dark
Projections suggest that up to a billion birds die each year from the effect of city lights, tall buildings and glass windows. They fly into buildings or around them until exhausted. The lose their way, the constellations turned to so many dazzling glaring bulbs and LEDs. Turning off the lights helps. A lot.
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and New York City Audubon realized turning off bright lights helps birds move on within minutes when they studied the annual 9/11 light memorial in downtown New York City. Plants and animals above and below them on the food chain depend on birds for survival.
And just when I was about to give up on our species and its future, this. Via AccuWeather