The project at Lancaster University will study the adverse affect of artificial light on the night sky.
Lights including street lamps and advertising boards all combine to pollute the night sky
The UK's first research laboratory looking the impact of light pollution on human health and nature has been set up at Lancaster University.Professor Nick Dunn said "protecting dark skies" is crucial to human health and the project will work with town planners to combat the problem."People who are exposed to excessive illumination at night, they're having their biological clocks go out of synch.
"If we get rid of dark skies than actually what is happening to us as humans is potentially very serious health consequences."Prof Dunn, director of the laboratory, said 83% of the world's population live under a light-polluted sky, which rises to 99% of people in the UK, Europe and North America. While he said he did not want to see cities plunged into darkness, the impact of artificial light also affects wildlife and can disrupt behaviours of migration of predation and mating."But what we do need is responsible, lighting, so that we can make sure we have environments that are beneficial to all, but also for the many creatures that we share this planet."
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