ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2023
Artificial light at night: a global disruptor of the night-time environment.
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- Impact of light pollution spectra and intensity on the development and mortality of tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) larvae.The Journal of experimental biology · 2026Article
- Artificial Light at Night Alters Photosynthetic Electron Transport in Two Deciduous Species.Biology · 2026Article
- From nighttime light exposure to menstrual health: a critical review of evidence, mechanisms, and nursing interventions.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Review
- Illuminating Risk: An Ecological Analysis of Artificial Light at Night and Childhood Myopia Using State-Level US Data.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2026Article
- Environmental Factors That Regulate Mosquito Physiology and Behavior.Annual review of entomology · 2026Review
- Historical Exposure to Artificial Light at Night ShapesEcology and evolution · 2025Article
- Only shine the light where and when it is needed - the impact of light pollution.Future healthcare journal · 2025Article
- Exposure to artificial lighting at night: from an ecological challenge to a risk factor for glucose dysmetabolism and gestational diabetes? Narrative review.Annals of medicine · 2025Review
- The Effects of Light on Vertebrate Welfare: A Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Associations of light at night exposure and environmental pollutants with risk for thyroid cancer in Fujian, China: a spatio-temporal analysis.BMC public health · 2025Article
- An all-sky light pollution model for global-scale applications that embraces a full range of cloud distributions.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Reduction of crayfish activity and light avoidance in response to artificial light at night.microPublication biology · 2025Article
- Dinner in the dark: Factors influencing leopard activity patterns within a large protected area.PloS one · 2025Article
- Trade-offs between Winter Survival and Reproduction in Female Insects.Integrative and comparative biology · 2024Review
- Opportunity to view the starry night sky is linked to human emotion and behavioral interest in astronomy.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Light pollution in complex ecological systems.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
Light pollution is the alteration of the natural levels of darkness by an increased concentration of light particles in the night-time environment, resulting from human activity. Light pollution is profoundly changing the night-time environmental conditions across wide areas of the planet, and is a relevant stressor whose effects on life are being unveiled by a compelling body of research. In this paper, we briefly review the basic aspects of artificial light at night as a pollutant, describing its character, magnitude and extent, its worldwide distribution, its temporal and spectral change trends, as well as its dependence on current light production technologies and prevailing social uses of light. It is shown that the overall effects of light pollution are not restricted to local disturbances, but give rise to a global, multiscale disruption of the night-time environment. This article is part of the theme issue 'Light pollution in complex ecological systems'.
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