Summary Of Our Vanishing Night By Verlyn Klinkenborg

Pollution is a constant issue that is at play in our daily lives. The global population is very much aware of pollution. Whether it be air, noise, water, or even nuclear population. However, Verlyn Klinkenborg, a former literature teacher and New York Times editor, sheds light on a type of pollution that is largely unknown in “Our Vanishing Night.” Through the incorporation of his own knowledge of History and Science, Klinkenborg tells of the harmful effects of light pollution on the Earth.
Klinkenborg expresses his thoughts on how humans were the ones that tampered with the night by filling it with unpleasant light. He believed they altered the natural state of light by the use of artificial light systems. The humans have done so blindly without