Let There Be Dark Analysis

Paul Bogard, writer of the article, “Let There Be Dark,” presents interesting and engaging information to gain support for the reduction of artificial light pollution in our night skies. He displays the importance of changing from the current state by giving us some reasons why we can’t let the light pollution progress, examples of how we can fix it, and engages our feelings of responsibility when we see that we need to take care of our world.

The first point he makes is a common daily occurrence in our world. He writes how, “Life evolved to the steady rhythm of bright days and dark nights,” he states that we have gotten out of the natural rhythm, and how instead of the natural pattern of day and night, we now turn on the light in our houses …show more content…
It is focused on the other inhabitants of our Earth. The nocturnal birds, insects, mammals, fish and reptiles all need the darkness so they can sense the patterns they live their life by, that’s how they know when to migrate, hibernate, and pollinate. An example he gives I had never thought about is how bats, which are nocturnal, save farmers billions of dollars on pest control. If the night sky is gradually getting brighter the bats will soon not be able to function as well as they do now. The writer states that the amount of light in the sky increases buy about 6% each year. As he so breathtakingly put it, “Without darkness earths ecology would collapse.” This definitely draws out my feeling of responsibility, we need to take care of our planet.

Paul Bogard gives us a lot to think about in his well composed case to reduce the artificial light pollution in our night skies. Through telling the reader about supporters, displaying the reasons that it is important to change and giving examples of how we can apply changes to start fixing the problem. His article was well thought out and it is easy to understand what we need to