Light pollution affects animals

Light pollution can negatively impact ecosystems around urban areas in many ways. For example by affecting animals. Animals are affected because natural biological activities and behaviors are disturbed. 

For example, fireflies emit flashes of light in their abdomen at night to attract mating partners. With light pollution, their lights are less well visible and their communication gets disturbed. 

Learn more about the negative impact of light pollution and what we can do to prevent it: https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/3-ways-light-pollution-harms-ecosystems-and-how-we-can-reduce-it-f2212d10a86f

Fireflies communicate with light which becomes less well visible with light pollution (credit: Fer Gregory on Shutterstock)