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Read MoreEcological benefits of part-night lighting revealed
Study shows there is no difference in pollination success between part-night lighting and full darkness, highlighting the ecological benefit of switching off our street lights even for short periods in the night.
Read MoreEffects of street lighting technologies on the success and quality of pollination in a nocturnally pollinated plant
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is an increasingly important driver of global change. Lighting directly affects plants, but few studies have investigated indirect effects mediated by interacting organisms. Nocturnal Lepidoptera are globally important pollinators, and pollen transport by moths is disrupted by lighting.
Read MoreArtificial Lighting at Night in Estuaries—Implications from Individuals to Ecosystems
Artificial lighting at night (ALAN) alters natural patterns of light and darkness by introducing light that varies in intensity and spectral composition during typically dark periods (Gaston et al. 2013). Use of, and technological advances in, electric lighting have rapidly expanded since the incandescent lightbulbs of the early 1900s; ALAN now generates levels of intensity visible in satellite imagery of the Earth’s surface at night. Life has evolved under dynamic environmental conditions, but changes to the daily and seasonal light regimes associated with ALAN present a truly novel ecological stressor.
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