Environmental impacts of artificial light at night

KJ Gaston, A Sánchez de Miguel - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The nighttime is undergoing unprecedented change across much of the world, with natural
light cycles altered by the introduction of artificial light emissions. Here we review the extent …

The impact of artificial light at night on nocturnal insects: a review and synthesis

ACS Owens, SM Lewis - Ecology and evolution, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, advances in lighting technology have precipitated exponential increases
in night sky brightness worldwide, raising concerns in the scientific community about the …

Sensory pollutants alter bird phenology and fitness across a continent

M Senzaki, JR Barber, JN Phillips, NH Carter… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Expansion of anthropogenic noise and night lighting across our planet, is of increasing
conservation concern,,–. Despite growing knowledge of physiological and behavioural …

Urbanisation drivers and underlying mechanisms of terrestrial insect diversity loss in cities

MS Fenoglio, A Calviño, E González… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
1. Urbanisation is one of the main land‐use changes behind global insect collapse. Despite
that previous studies have described the negative effects of urbanisation on insect …

Why artificial light at night should be a focus for global change research in the 21st century

TW Davies, T Smyth - Global Change Biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The environmental impacts of artificial light at night have been a rapidly growing field of
global change science in recent years. Yet, light pollution has not achieved parity with other …

Is light pollution driving moth population declines? A review of causal mechanisms across the life cycle

DH Boyes, DM Evans, R Fox… - Insect Conservation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The night‐time environment is increasingly being lit, often by broad‐spectrum lighting, and
there is growing evidence that artificial light at night (ALAN) has consequences for …

The ecological impacts of nighttime light pollution: a mechanistic appraisal

KJ Gaston, J Bennie, TW Davies… - Biological reviews, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The ecological impacts of nighttime light pollution have been a longstanding source of
concern, accentuated by realized and projected growth in electrical lighting. As human …

Ecological effects of artificial light at night on wild plants

J Bennie, TW Davies, D Cruse, KJ Gaston - Journal of Ecology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Plants use light as a source of both energy and information. Plant physiological responses to
light, and interactions between plants and animals (such as herbivory and pollination), have …

Reducing the ecological consequences of night‐time light pollution: options and developments

KJ Gaston, TW Davies, J Bennie… - Journal of Applied …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Much concern has been expressed about the ecological consequences of night‐time light
pollution. This concern is most often focused on the encroachment of artificial light into …

Impacts of artificial light at night on biological timings

KJ Gaston, TW Davies, SL Nedelec… - Annual Review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
The use of artificial lighting to illuminate the night has provided substantial benefits to
humankind. It has also disrupted natural daily, seasonal, and lunar light cycles as …