Should We Turn Off the Lights? ›
Wanna know just how sensitive the environment is? Check this out: Street lighting is changing bug communities, and that is affecting everything from the songs that birds sing, to the makeup of people.
A new study found that scavenger and predator insects both collect near the lights. It also shows for the first time that their composition is affected by the lighting. The study is published in the latest Biology Letters.
In fact, streetlights and other forms of artificial lighting may affect all ecosystem members, from bugs to humans.
“The range of effects of light pollution are really very diverse. They can affect reproductive successes in sea turtles, the timings of bird songs and even the physiology of humans,” lead author Thomas Davies told Discovery News.
