Photo Pollution
Photo/Light Pollution is a presence of excessive, misdirected, or obtrusive artificial (usually outdoor) light.
- Components of light pollution are Glare i.e., excessive brightness that causes visual discomfort; Skyglow i.e., brightening of the night sky over inhabited areas; Light trespass i.e., light falling where it is not intended or needed; and Clutter i.e., bright, confusing and excessive groupings of light sources.
- Methods to tackle light pollution includes promoting the use of LED technology and green energy for displays and illuminations and avoiding illuminated advertisements (ads) that obscure or diminish the effectiveness of traffic ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material before the last six months of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
Related Content
- 1 Biodiversity Hotspots of India
- 2 Environmental Conventions
- 3 Levels of Biological Organization and Diversity
- 4 Types of Biomes
- 5 Ecosystem Functioning
- 6 Organisms and Their Environment
- 7 Environment in Brief
- 8 Environmental Pollution
- 9 Wildlife Conservation Projects in India
- 10 Global Conventions
