Light Pollution Deters Nesting Sea Turtles: Article Analysis

Elizabeth Howell in the article “Light Pollution Deters Nesting Sea Turtles” states that

light pollution along beach coasts could distract sea turtles. Howell supports her statement by

describing how artificial lighting can harm newly hatched sea turtles. First, she talks about how

turtles are having trouble finding dark beaches to lay their eggs. Therefore, with all the homes

and buildings that are on our beach’s coast it’s very hard for turtles to find a perfect dark spot.

Plus, the more buildings getting built could cause more lighting and give turtles a hard time.

Next, Elizabeth explains that baby turtles could mistake the light from the buildings as the moon

and get lost. She describes that when the turtles hatch, they look