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Lighting Stunts Aphids’ Edibles

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Caren B. Les, [email protected]

A long-term, ongoing study reveals that artificial nighttime light sources – such as street lamps – can have an impact on the natural environment in ways that are complicated and difficult to predict. Researchers at the University of Exeter’s Environmental and Sustainability Institute (ESI) in Penryn, England, published their work in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (doi: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0131). “Our results suggest that by lighting up our nighttime environment, we trigger complex effects on natural food webs,” said Dr....Read full article

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    Published: May 2015
    PostscriptsLEDsLight SourcesBiophotonicsEuropestreet lightinglight pollutionroadside lightingroadside ecosystemstreet lampspea aphicsLED lightinglow-pressure sodium lightingUniversity of ExeterJonathan BennieKevin GastonUKCaren B. Les

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