How Light Pollution Impacts Our Environment DOI Creative Commons

Erlijn van Genuchten

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023

While plastic pollution can stay in the environment for a long time, other types of only around short time. For example light pollution, which is gone as soon source switched off. But many sources remain turned on at night due to growing human population and reduced costs artificial light, negative impact ecosystems near urban areas growing. This possible because impacts natural periodic cycles animals plants, changes animals' behavior, harm functioning whole ecosystems. These have far-reaching consequences, so should not be overlooked.

Язык: Английский

Impacts of urbanization on the health of American Robins (Turdus migratorus) in Chicagoland DOI Creative Commons

Anna Riccardi,

Kim R Douglass,

Vera Soloview Jackson

и другие.

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Ноя. 25, 2024

Wild animals in urbanized environments face several unique challenges, including increased anthropogenic stressors, decreased natural food availability and quality, pollutant exposure. While some work has shown that individual urbanization stressors can have negative impacts on aspects of wild bird physiology, other studies demonstrated ambiguous or sometimes positive interactions. As such, the impact multiple, coincident urban avian health still needs to be fully understood. Here, we addressed this knowledge gap by holistically measuring multiple physiological markers American robin (Turdus migratorius) across a gradient throughout Chicagoland. We predicted birds using highly habitats would experience higher heavy metal contamination, oxidative stress, lower body condition, malaria burden, measures immune response compared exurban Chicagoland area. Multiple linear models revealed robins more areas exhibited levels contamination slightly elevated associated impairments their counterparts sites. Additionally, noise light pollution were significantly with stress infection status, respectively, albeit different directions. Overall, our findings underscore how complex environmental changes accompany populations.

Язык: Английский

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Light Environment Evaluation of the Architecturalized Immer-sive New Media Public Art Installation from the Audiences’ Visual Safety Perspective DOI Creative Commons
Yonghong Yan, Yi Zhong, Bohan Zhang

и другие.

Buildings, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 13(8), С. 2122 - 2122

Опубликована: Авг. 21, 2023

How to balance the artistry and comfort of light environment in an architecturalized immersive new media public art installation (AINMPAI) ensure safety audiences’ visual has become a issue. The lack corresponding lighting design standards makes this issue more challenging. This paper explores appropriate luminance range irregularly curved LED screens AINMPAI with high-luminance natural as background. influence audience behavior mode on brightness threshold under background Internet communication is discussed. Through software simulation field measurement, effectiveness measures based local characteristics work verified. overall average luminance, regional partial contrast inner screen surface were measured at every 10° change solar altitude angle during daytime. nighttime parameters temperature device throughout day also measured. A total 487 visitors interviewed for subjective evaluation thermal environments. results show that: (1) cannot wholly describe actual critical parts special-shaped that two indicators, need be added; (2) maximum limit daytime can 1000 cd/m2 but night it should controlled within 200 cd/m2; (3) main factor causes high low screen; (4) recommended indicators such artistic installations absolute values brightness, effect, transmission priority. study provide foundational data methodological reference establishing guidelines or safety.

Язык: Английский

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How Light Pollution Impacts Our Environment DOI Creative Commons

Erlijn van Genuchten

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023

While plastic pollution can stay in the environment for a long time, other types of only around short time. For example light pollution, which is gone as soon source switched off. But many sources remain turned on at night due to growing human population and reduced costs artificial light, negative impact ecosystems near urban areas growing. This possible because impacts natural periodic cycles animals plants, changes animals' behavior, harm functioning whole ecosystems. These have far-reaching consequences, so should not be overlooked.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

0