2023-06-16 18:08:07
DECRYPTION – In a special file, the magazine Science draws up an inventory of our knowledge of the harmful effects of artificial lighting.
Inexorably the stars disappear from our nights. A drama for amateur astronomers or anyone who enjoys getting lost in the vastness of the celestial vault. But the loss of darkness also has much broader consequences, which make light pollution a subject of major scientific concern, as can plastic or atmospheric pollution. Artificial light thus has complex impacts on plants, animals and entire ecosystems, but also on human health. There revue Science this week takes stock of our knowledge of its harmful effects as well as the regulatory and technological solutions that could help mitigate them.
« There is a difficulty in raising awareness of the importance of the issue due in particular to a very strong symbolic opposition between light and darkness »estimated Samuel Challéat, researcher in environmental geography at the CNRS. ” Oppose the light…
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