A new research by a team from the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) and the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC) in collaboration with Australian and New Zealander researchers has shown how the major festivities of different human societies modulate light pollution patterns on a global scale.
Night landscape transformation caused by artificial light, commonly known as light, is an unmistakable mark of human activity on Earth, and has serious consequences for living organisms.
"Understanding how human activities influence light pollution is key to assessing its impact and designing possible mitigation measures," states the ICM-CSIC researcher Dr. Francisco Ramírez."Previous studies have related the economic development of countries to their light pollution patterns, determining that, in general, are the richest the ones that pollute the most.
"Our results show that festivities and celebrations involving large concentrations of people and the use of night-time lights affect the seasonal pattern of light intensity, which can have effects on a wide variety of species," explains the ICM-CSIC researcher Dr. Marta Coll."This is what happens to a wide variety of species that are attracted to artificial lights, often with fatal consequences.
For his part, the MNCN-CSIC researcher and world authority on light pollution and wildlife Dr. Airam Rodríguez points out that"variations observed in pollutant
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