In recent decades, advances in lighting technology have precipitated exponential increases
in night sky brightness worldwide, raising concerns in the scientific community about the …

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 …

Artificial light at night has a wide range of biological effects on both plants and animals.
Here, we review mechanisms by which artificial light at night may restructure ecological …

Artificial light is globally one of the most widely distributed forms of anthropogenic pollution.
However, while both the nature and ecological effects of direct artificial lighting are …

The increasing illumination of our world by artificial light at night (ALAN) has created a new
field of global change research with impacts now being demonstrated across taxa, biological …

Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a growing global problem altering the behavior of organisms
and thereby community composition and ecosystem processes. Research has mostly …

Highlights•Artificial light at night may influence key fitness-related behaviours of
animals.•Effects on mating and courtship behaviour are not well known.•We examined …

Seasonal changes in the natural light condition play a pivotal role in the regulation of many
biological processes in organisms. Disruption of this natural condition via the growing loss of …

The present study was conducted to study the effect of light pollution on the photosynthetic
efficiency of plants growing near to street light. The photosynthetic parameters Fv/Fm (Fm …

Modification of nighttime light levels by artificial illumination (artificial light at night; ALAN) is
a rapidly increasing form of human disturbance that affects natural environments worldwide …