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The effects of artificial light at night on spider brains. [PDF]

Biol Lett
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is an increasingly pervasive pollutant that alters animal behaviour and physiology, with cascading impacts on development and survival. Recent evidence links exposure to ALAN with neural damage, potentially due to its action on melatonin synthesis, a powerful antioxidant.
Willmott NJ, Black JR, McNamara KB, Wong BBM, Jones TM.   +4 more
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Snowglow—The Amplification of Skyglow by Snow and Clouds Can Exceed Full Moon Illuminance in Suburban Areas

Journal of Imaging, 2019
Artificial skyglow, the fraction of artificial light at night that is emitted upwards from Earth and subsequently scattered back within the atmosphere, depends on atmospheric conditions but also on the ground albedo.
Andreas Jechow, Franz Hölker
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Do Wild Great Tits Avoid Exposure to Light at Night? [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Studies of wild populations have provided important insights into the effects of artificial light at night on organisms, populations and ecosystems. However, in most studies the exact amount of light at night individuals are exposed to remains unknown ...
Maaike de Jong, Jenny Q Ouyang, Roy H A van Grunsven, Marcel E Visser, Kamiel Spoelstra   +4 more
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Locomotor activity of the Holarctic molluscs Radix auricularia (from Lake Baikal) in various light pollution conditions

Acta Biologica Sibirica, 2022
Light pollution is a modern environmental problem. The scale of light pollution is increasing yearly and is negatively affecting the functioning of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
Dmitry Yu. Karnaukhov, Maria A. Maslennikova, Yana K. Ermolaeva, Ekaterina M. Dolinskaya, Sofya A. Biritskaya, Viktoria A. Pushnica, Lidia B. Bukhaeva, Arina V. Lavnikova, Dmitry I. Golubets, Еugene A. Silow   +9 more
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Ecological effects of artificial light at night on wild plants [PDF]

, 2016
PublishedSummary 1.Plants use light as a source of both energy and information. Plant physiological responses to light, and interactions between plants and animals (such as herbivory and pollination), have evolved under a more or less stable regime of ...
Bennie, Jonathan, Cruse, D, Davies, TW, Gaston, Kevin J.   +3 more
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Variation of Individual Location Radiance in VIIRS DNB Monthly Composite Images

Remote Sensing, 2018
With the growing size and use of night light time series from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Day/Night Band (DNB), it is important to understand the stability of the dataset. All satellites observe differences in pixel values during repeat
Jacqueline Coesfeld, Sharolyn J. Anderson, Kimberly Baugh, Christopher D. Elvidge, Harald Schernthanner, Christopher C. M. Kyba   +5 more
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Long-term effects of chronic light pollution on seasonal functions of European blackbirds (turdus merula) [PDF]

, 2013
Light pollution is known to affect important biological functions of wild animals, including daily and annual cycles. However, knowledge about long-term effects of chronic exposure to artificial light at night is still very limited.
A Dawson, A Dawson, A Dawson, A Dawson, A Gelman, A Kaiser, B Kempenaers, B Schmid, BK Follett, BL Bird, C Rich, C Rivier, CD Santos, Claude Wicker-Thomas, D Dominoni, D Shuboni, Davide M. Dominoni, DM Bates, DM Dominoni, DM Dominoni, E Gwinner, E Gwinner, ED Kirby, EL Stone, H Poot, HPa Van Dongen, I Newton, J Partecke, JC Wingfield, Jesko Partecke, L Jenni, L Te Marvelde, LK Fonken, LK Fonken, M Titulaer, Michael Quetting, NE Cyr, RH Baayen, S Halford, S Retana-Márquez, SJ Crowley, SJ Schoech, SM Pauley, SN Wood, T Honryo, T Kantermann, TJ Nicholls, TW Davies, W Rowan   +48 more
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Towards Insect-Friendly Road Lighting—A Transdisciplinary Multi-Stakeholder Approach Involving Citizen Scientists

Insects, 2021
(1) The project “Tatort Streetlight” implements an insect-friendly road light design in a four year before–after, control–impact (BACI) approach involving citizen scientists.
Sibylle Schroer, Kat Austen, Nicola Moczek, Gregor Kalinkat, Andreas Jechow, Stefan Heller, Johanna Reinhard, Sophia Dehn, Charis I. Wuthenow, Martin Post-Stapelfeldt, Roy H. A. van Grunsven, Catherine Pérez Vega, Heike Schumacher, Leena Kaanaa, Birte Saathoff, Stephan Völker, Franz Hölker   +16 more
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Urban-like night illumination reduces melatonin release in European blackbirds (Turdus merula): implications of city life for biological time-keeping of songbirds [PDF]

, 2013
<p>Introduction: Artificial light-at-night is known to affect a broad array of behaviours and physiological processes. In urbanized bird species, light-at-night advances important biological rhythms such as daily cycles of activity/rest and timing
Dominoni, D.M., Goymann, W., Helm, B., Partecke, J.   +3 more
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Citizen Science Provides Valuable Data for Monitoring Global Night Sky Luminance [PDF]

, 2013
The skyglow produced by artificial lights at night is one of the most dramatic anthropogenic modifications of Earth’s biosphere. The GLOBE at Night citizen science project allows individual observers to quantify skyglow using star maps showing ...
Elvidge, Christopher D., Falchi, Fabio, Fischer, Jürgen, Hölker, Franz, Kuechly, Helga U., Kyba, Christopher C. M., Ruhtz, Thomas, Wagner, Janna M., Walker, Constance E.   +8 more
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