By Dr. Sara B. Pritchard Department of Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University So it began. This was the image that sparked my interest in light pollution and light-pollution science (…

ReflectOrbital is planning to launch a $18\times18$\,m mirror in space at a $\sim$600\,km altitude to illuminate a $2.5$\,km radius circular patch on Earth. The pilot satellite, called EARENDIL-1, is ...

Communications Biology - Citizen science reveals temporally structured insect attraction and mitigation efficacy under artificial light at night

Science historian Sara B. Pritchard describes a massive spike in the amount of artificial light in the 21st century, with light pollution increasing by nearly 10% annually between 2011 and 2022.

A customized and shielded street lighting design significantly reduces the lethal attraction of flying insects in various environments. The approach harmonizes human needs with minimizing the ecologic...

A novel paper investigates the behavioural preferences of both fledgling and adult Cory’s shearwaters ( Calonectris borealis ) to different light stimuli and evaluates this behaviour against the...

Scientific Reports - Shedding light on dark taxa: exploring a cryptic diversity of parasitoid wasps affected by artificial light at night

Scientific Reports - Let there be Skyglow—light pollution from a large outdoor music festival (Lollapalooza Berlin 2016)

LiveSeit der Einführung künstlicher Beleuchtung erfährt die nächtliche Umgebung eine stetige Veränderung, deren Auswirkungen auf nachtaktive Insekten bisher weitgehend im Dunkeln liegen. Neue For...