Artificial light at night: a global disruptor of the night-time environment.

artificial light at night environmental pollutants light pollution

Journal

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
ISSN: 1471-2970
Titre abrégé: Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7503623

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
18 Dec 2023
Historique:
pmc-release: 18 12 2024
medline: 31 10 2023
pubmed: 30 10 2023
entrez: 29 10 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

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'.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37899010
doi: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0352
pmc: PMC10613534
doi:

Substances chimiques

Environmental Pollutants 0

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

20220352

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Auteurs

Salvador Bará (S)

Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Galicia Spain.

Fabio Falchi (F)

Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Galicia Spain.
ISTIL Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologia dell'Inquinamento Luminoso-Light Pollution Science and Technology Institute, Via Roma, 13 - I 36016 Thiene, Italy.

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