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Artificial Light at Night (ALAN), a New Anthropogenic Pollutant

2025-11-17

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The simplest definition of light pollution (LP) is the presence of artificial light at night (ALAN) at inappropriate times, intensity, and inappropriate amounts and colors. All these parameters of anthropogenic light clearly indicate that the presence of ALAN can disrupt the proper functioning of not only humans but all organisms on Earth that have evolved in conditions of alternating day and night, closing within...

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50ec6a7d-986c-5d40-9704-8ad48a863c0c
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10.20944/preprints202511.1143.v1
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