Colwell, C. S. (2016). Circadian Rhythms: Does Burning the Midnight Oil Leave You Weak? Curr Biol, 26(14), R669–71.
Abstract: A new study shows that nocturnal light exposure rapidly disrupts the central circadian clock as well as reduces motor performance and bone health. These findings provide a striking example of the costs of living in a disrupted light/dark cycle.
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Commons, J. R. (1897). Municipal Electric Lighting. Mun. Aff., 1.
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Czeisler, C. A. (2018). Housing Immigrant Children – The Inhumanity of Constant Illumination. N Engl J Med, 379(2), e3.
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Davies, T. W., & Smyth, T. (2018). Why artificial light at night should be a focus for global change research in the 21st century. Glob Chang Biol, 24(3), 872–882.
Abstract: 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 global change phenomena in the level of concern and interest it receives from the scientific community, government and nongovernmental organizations. This is despite the globally widespread, expanding and changing nature of night-time lighting and the immediacy, severity and phylogenetic breath of its impacts. In this opinion piece, we evidence 10 reasons why artificial light at night should be a focus for global change research in the 21st century. Our reasons extend beyond those concerned principally with the environment, to also include impacts on human health, culture and biodiversity conservation more generally. We conclude that the growing use of night-time lighting will continue to raise numerous ecological, human health and cultural issues, but that opportunities exist to mitigate its impacts by combining novel technologies with sound scientific evidence. The potential gains from appropriate management extend far beyond those for the environment, indeed it may play a key role in transitioning towards a more sustainable society.
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Deal, S. (2020). Striking a Balance Between Starry Skies and Urban Illumination. Water Log, 40(2).
Abstract: For countless centuries, people have looked up at the night sky in awe and wonder. However, the starry night skies have been increasingly subsumed by ambient light from cities. Many urban areas across the world are over illuminated, leaving city dwellers unable to take in the natural day-night pattern of the skies. This disruption is not merely a setback for stargazers; excessive lighting from city streets can have an adverse impact on wildlife and human welfare. Sea turtle hatchlings, which instinctively crawl towards the night sky to reach the safety of the ocean, may be enticed by the stronger
glow of nearby streetlights. Artificial lights also steer migratory bird species off course and interfere with their ability to detect ideal conditions for nesting.
1 Overly bright lighting in residential areas can disrupt human sleeping
habits as well. These impacts associated with excess lighting
show that cities have an important role to play in regulating
lighting sources
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