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The effect of light pollution and noise pollution on birds
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Abstract
It is common knowledge that human society is developing faster and faster nowadays. As human society is developing, the cities are expanding. As the cities are expanding, more and more people are now in the city. To help these people live a better life, more and more resources are produced. After producing most of the products nowadays, there comes pollution. In this way, pollution is getting more and more serious. All of the pollution that is already in a city do not only affect human but also affect birds. One of the most common non pollution is air pollution, almost every city in the world has air pollution. But there are also two other kinds of pollution that is also harming the society and the animals in a serious way. They are light pollution and sound pollution. This passage focuses on these two types of pollution. Light pollution will cause birds to sleep less and may affect their migration way. The birds may be killed halfway on migration way because of the light may lead them to a loss of direction. Sound pollution also reduces the bird sleeping quality. This kind of pollution also cause birds to get food more difficult. By analyzing the effects of these pollution, some ways to help birds may be figured out.
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light, sound pollution, birds
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Wang,J. (2023). The effect of light pollution and noise pollution on birds. Theoretical and Natural Science,20,257-261.
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