August, 2026 – Global trends in population exposure to outdoor artificial light at night and future projections – Given the reported associations between ALAN emissions and specific human diseases, rapidly brightening developing countries may experience greater potential health burdens in which ALAN exposure may act as one environmental risk factor, interacting with genetic, behavioral, psychological, and other environmental determinants. Personal protective measures, such as installing blackout curtains, are not always used even in bright communities, and may not be feasible in warm (and warming) climates.
May 18, 2026 – Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a stronger inhibitor of overwintering dormancy than urban warming in mosquitoes – Mosquitoes that are exposed to ALAN even in late October can reproduce.
February 4, 2026 – Artificial Light at Night (ALAN), an Anthropogenic Pollutant: A Narrative Review – Cities are the primary source of Light Pollution, and the ever-increasing global urbanization makes LP one of the fastest-growing threats to our civilization.
February 4, 2026 – Influence of Artificial Light at Night on Thyroid Gland Histology in Triturus Newts (Urodela, Salamandridae) – Artificial light, while beneficial for human activities at night, poses potential health risks to humans and wildlife, particularly affecting amphibians, which are experiencing a global population decline.
November 12, 2025 – Widespread influence of artificial light at night on ecosystem metabolism – ALAN increases carbon output from flora.
June 24, 2025 – Policy Brief: Restoring the Night: A Policy Agenda for Light Pollution Mitigation in Europe – This policy brief provides strategic guidance for the European Union to take steps towards addressing light pollution, recognising its adverse environmental impacts, harmonising efforts and providing a framework for coordinated national action, as well as promoting science-based regulation and management of artificial light at night (ALAN).
June 16, 2025 – Citizen science illuminates the nature of city lights – Counting and categorizing all outdoor lighting sources in a city.
June 16, 2025 – Artificial light at night outweighs temperature in lengthening urban growing seasons – Findings demonstrate that ALAN is a critical driver of vegetation dynamics in cities, one we should consider during urban management and development.
November 13, 2024 – Pulsed artificial light at night alters moth flight behaviour – LED vehicle headlights impacting moth behavior.
November 12, 2024 – Exposure to constant artificial light alters honey bee sleep rhythms and disrupts sleep – Bees are adversely impacted by artificial light at night.
October 10, 2024 – Blue and white light pollution is disastrous for Cory’s shearwater fledglings – Birds are severely impacted by blue-rich light.
August 10, 2024 – Maltese Coastline Never Sleeps: The Effects of Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) on the Local Infralittoral Assemblages—A Case Study – Predatory species, particularly T. trachurus, strategically exploited high-light conditions, demonstrating station holding behaviour, primarily under high-intensity white light, due to net energy gain despite increased metabolic costs.
October 8, 2024 – Shedding light with harmonic radar: Unveiling the hidden impacts of streetlights on moth flight behavior – Impacts of streetlights on moths.
July 26, 2024 – How to reduce the negative impacts of artificial light at night on flying insects – Reduced light levels and homogeneity of coverage reduces adverse insect impacts.
January 20, 2024 – Research Note: Red light to mitigate light pollution: Is it possible to balance functionality and ecological impact? – Even red light at night can have adverse ecological impacts.
January 19, 2024 – Artificial light at night reduces earthworm activity but increases growth of invasive ragweed – Light pollution reduced earthworm surface activity by 76% and increased ragweed height growth by 104%.
January 11, 2024 – How Artificial Light Threatens Nature – Video documentary that details how artificial light is devastating the ecosystem.
January 4, 2024 – Why flying insects gather at artificial light – Insects turn their dorsum towards the lights which provides orientation. Artificial light causes the insects to steer in a circle until death.
October 30, 2023 – The impacts of artificial light at night on the ecology of temperate and tropical reefs – ALAN could cause a collapse in species or functional diversity, by imposing selective pressures on species traits that limit fitness consequences for reproduction, recruitment and survival under ALAN conditions.
October 30, 2023 – Light Pollution in Complex Ecological Systems – Light pollution is increasing at 10% per year and adversely impacting entire ecosystems.
September 21, 2023 – Phenotypic signatures of urbanization? Resident, but not migratory, songbird eye size varies with urban-associated light pollution levels – The eye size of urban birds is shrinking.
September 19, 2023 – Healing with the Night: Investigations into Experiences of Natural Darkness in Overnight Recollective Practices – The healing properties of natural night.
September 14, 2022 – Environmental risks from artificial nighttime lighting widespread and increasing across Europe – LEDs have increased light pollution and have increased the emissions of toxic blue wavelength light.
September 9, 2022 – The Dark Side of LEDs: Suppression of Melatonin by Blue Light – An article about the studies of researcher
June 14, 2022 – Impacts of artificial light at night in marine ecosystems—A review – Impacts of ALAN on fish.
May 20, 2022 – Light pollution can disorient monarch butterflies – Even a single light can interfere with a butterfly’s navigation system.
March 29, 2022 – Broad spectrum artificial light at night increases the conspicuousness of camouflaged prey – LED light leads to predator advantage.
April 27, 2022 – Oriented Migratory Flight at Night: Consequences of nighttime light pollution for monarch butterflies – ALAN interferes with monarch butterfly migration.
January 27, 2022 – The growing threat of light pollution to ground-based observatories – Impacts of skyglow on dark skies.
2022 – Artificial Light at Night: State of the Science 2022 – IDA report. Discusses how LED light is increasing light pollution. Falsely claims that LEDs are energy efficient.
August, 2021 – Street lighting has detrimental impacts on local insect populations – This study shows that LEDs are killing insects even faster than High Pressure Sodium.
August, 2021 – First Estimation of Global Trends in Nocturnal Power Emissions Reveals Acceleration of Light Pollution – Light pollution continues to grow and LED blue wavelength light is making it worse.
June 9, 2021 – Long-term exposure to artificial light at night in the wild decreases survival and growth of a coral reef fish – Our study provides the first evidence that long-term exposure to ALAN pollution, over 18–23 months, negatively impacts the survival and growth of a wild coral reef fish.
April, 2021 – Narrow Spectrum Artificial Light Silences Fireflies – Artificial light, especially bright amber, suppresses courtship. “we should focus on minimizing the time that lights are on and how bright they are.” – News Story
March, 2021 – Light Pollution Drives Increased Risk of West Nile Virus – Even low levels of artificial light at night increase the risk of transmission of the virus.
March, 2021 – Superoxide is Promoted by Sucrose and Affects Amplitude of Circadian Rhythms in the Evening – Both light and sugars affect the biological clock of plants. – News Story
March 10, 2020 – Artificial Lighting Impacts to Salmon in WRIA 8 Briefing Memo – Artificial light is impacting the survival of juvenile salmon.
January, 2020 – Australian Light Pollution Guidelines for Wildlife This detailed document describes best lighting practices.
July 30, 2018 – Waters under Artificial Lights: Does Light Pollution Matter for Aquatic Primary Producers? – ALAN and LED light negatively impacts periphyton.
July 30, 2018 – Waters under Artificial Lights: Does Light Pollution Matter for Aquatic Primary Producers? – ALAN negatively impacts periphyton.
November, 2017 – Artificially lit surface of Earth at night increasing in radiance and extent – This study uses satellite data to show that light pollution has increased due to the use of LED lights.
April, 2015 – Artificial Light at Night and the Predator-Prey Dynamics of Juvenile Atlantic Salmon – Even tiny amounts of artificial light affect salmon.
May 29, 2014 – Potential Biological and Ecological Effects of Flickering Artificial Light – Explains how the visual system of different creatures have a rate at which they capture images. Electric light interferes with this system, causing perceived flicker.