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 …

A meta-analysis of biological impacts of artificial light at night

D Sanders, E Frago, R Kehoe, C Patterson… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Natural light cycles are being eroded over large areas of the globe by the direct emissions
and sky brightening that result from sources of artificial night-time light. This is predicted to …

Light pollution is a driver of insect declines

ACS Owens, P Cochard, J Durrant, B Farnworth… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Insects around the world are rapidly declining. Concerns over what this loss means for food
security and ecological communities have compelled a growing number of researchers to …

Exposure to artificial light at night and the consequences for flora, fauna, and ecosystems

J Falcón, A Torriglia, D Attia, F Viénot… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The present review draws together wide-ranging studies performed over the last decades
that catalogue the effects of artificial-light-at-night (ALAN) upon living species and their …

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 …

Towards a standardized framework for AI-assisted, image-based monitoring of nocturnal insects

DB Roy, J Alison, TA August… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Automated sensors have potential to standardize and expand the monitoring of insects
across the globe. As one of the most scalable and fastest develo** sensor technologies …

Insect declines and agroecosystems: does light pollution matter?

M Grubisic, RHA van Grunsven… - Annals of applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Drastic declines in insect populations,'Ecological Armageddon', have recently gained
increased attention in the scientific community, and are commonly considered to be the …

Moths complement bumblebee pollination of red clover: a case for day-and-night insect surveillance

J Alison, JM Alexander, N Diaz Zeugin… - Biology …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Recent decades have seen a surge in awareness about insect pollinator declines. Social
bees receive the most attention, but most flower-visiting species are lesser known, non-bee …

Mechanistic, ecological, and evolutionary consequences of artificial light at night for insects: review and prospective

E Desouhant, E Gomes, N Mondy… - Entomologia …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The alternation of light and dark periods on a daily or seasonal time scale is of utmost
importance for the synchronization of physiological and behavioral processes in the …