Perceptions of Light Pollution and its Impacts: Results of an Irish Citizen Science Survey.

ABSTRACT: Light pollution is increasingly an area of concern for health and quality of life research. Somewhat surprisingly, there are relatively few descriptions of perceptions of light pollution in the literature. The current study examined such perceptions in a Irish sample. A survey was circulated as part of a citizen science initiative of a national newspaper; the survey included questions regarding night sky brightness and the impact of light at night on sleep and animal behaviour. Complete responses from 462 respondents were analysed. Urban location was, as anticipated, associated with reported brighter night skies, and public lighting was reported as the main source of light at night for urban settings, whilst neighbours' domestic lighting was the most commonly reported source for rural sett

SUBMITTER: Coogan AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7432530 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature