Scientists: The population of many insects is disappearing because of street lights

Scientists have said that light pollution may be contributing to the drastic decline of insect population in recent decades. In a study published in the United Kingdom, artificial street lights were found to have stopped bringing insects at night. LED street lights seem to have the impact on [...]
In a study published in the United Kingdom, artificial street lights were found to have stopped bringing insects at night.
Lights of LED street appear to have the largest impact, reports the BBC, translates Periscope.
There is increasing evidence that insect populations are also disappearing because of climate change, habitat loss, and pesticides.
Factors are complex and change, including continued loss of forests, meadows, and marshes, overuse of pesticides, climate change, and pollution of rivers and lakes.
The use of artificial lights at night has been thought of another inciting insect population.
Researchers said that their study is the strongest evidence so far that light pollution can do huge damage to insects.
Scientists are increasingly concerned about the fall of insect populations.
A scientific study on the number of insects in 2019 found that 40 percent of the species had experienced a dramatic <x0).0.8x1) worldwide.
Insect loss has serious consequences for all our ecosystems.
Insects offer food sources for many birds, amphibs, bats, and reptiles, while plants rely on pollinating insects. /Periscope











