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Marko Prokic

@proksima.bsky.social
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Climate change and environmental pollution on 🐸🦎🐟. #ecophysiology, #amphibians, #lightpollution, #oxidativestress Leader of ENLIGHT project and AmphibiaLab www.enlightproject.rs/team www.researchgate.net/lab/AmphibiaLab-Tijana-B-Radovanovic

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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🌙💡 Our new paper in Environmental Science & Technology shows that warm and cool #LED light at night can alter #amphibian redox #physiology, development and growth. Spectral warming alone may not be enough as #mitigation. #lightpollution #ALAN #conservation doi.org/10.1021/acs....
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Delighted to join Biodiversity and Conservation ( #SNBIOC) as an Associate Editor. A great honour and responsibility—and a new opportunity to support research on #biodiversity, #amphibians, and #lightpollution. @tmtspringer.bsky.social link.springer.com/journal/1053...
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Biodiversity and Conservation
Founded in 1992, Biodiversity and Conservation is an international journal that publishes articles on all aspects of biological diversity, its conservation, ...
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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Artificial light at night (ALAN) 💡 is a stronger inhibitor of overwintering dormancy than urban warming in mosquitoes 🦟 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪🔓
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Artificial light at night (<fc>ALAN</fc>) is a stronger inhibitor of overwintering dormancy than urban warming in mosquitoes
Low intensities of warm white ALAN were a stronger inhibitor of diapause initiation than urban warming, indicating that changes in brightness or light colour may not be sufficient to mitigate ecologi...
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Ulrika Candolin @ulrikacandolin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
NEW publication on the impact of light pollution on the Indian Gharial. Led by Megha Khanduri. #crocodile #ALAN #LightPollution kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
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Journal of Thermal Biology @thermal-biology.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The results emphasise the significance of hybridisation in shaping patterns of phenotypic plasticity and shed light on potential mechanisms that could lead to complex interactions between the two species, all while highlighting the importance of ongoing climate change. 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
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Redirecting
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I have an honour to organise special issue on light and noise pollution on herpetofauna. If you are working on this topic please reconsider it. #ALAN #noise #amphibians #reptitiles www.mdpi.com/journal/anim...
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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Paper 16: @proksima.bsky.social and colleagues review the scientific evidence for ALAN impacts on amphibians across their life cycle. As it turns out, this vulnerable group of animals is vulnerable to impacts in all life stages. Read all about it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Amphibians under artificial light at night: Current knowledge, conservation challenges and future directions
Amphibians have evolved under predictable light-dark cycles, with most species relying on darkness for foraging, reproduction, and predator avoidance.…
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
📢 Postdoc position available Join the lab of Peter Dijkstra at Central Michigan University. 🧬 NSF-funded research on behavior, aggression, and stress resilience in East African cichlid fish, combining genomics, cognition & neurobiology. 📅 Start: June 2026 www.jobs.cmich.edu/postings/44560 Share!
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
🌙💡 Does light pollution go deeper than we think? Our new study shows that LED light at night alters thyroid gland histology in Triturus newts, a key endocrine organ. Suggesting ALAN as a subtle endocrine disruptor, beyond known effects on melatonin and corticosterone 📄 www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/16...
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Artificial light at night is an unlit conservation blind spot for amphibians. Our review highlights that even small changes to natural night lighting can disrupt amphibian behavior, physiology, reproduction, and species interactions. #lightpollution #amphibians www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Amphibians under artificial light at night: Current knowledge, conservation challenges and future directions
Amphibians have evolved under predictable light-dark cycles, with most species relying on darkness for foraging, reproduction, and predator avoidance.…
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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Paper 13 is out: @travislongcore.bsky.social and colleagues present a detailed framework for ALAN risk assessment for species, using several real-world case studies as examples. Risks have not been taken into account enough in our bright world. Great work! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Assessing and mapping taxon-specific effects of ecological light pollution for environmental impact analysis
Predicting the adverse effects of light at night is necessary to ensure compliance with laws and regulations that protect species. Using two case stud…
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
🌙 Teaser from our manuscript under consideration in the Biological Conservation Special Issue on Artificial Light at Night. Great collection of cutting-edge work on how #ALAN reshapes organisms, ecosystems, and conservation thinking. Fingers crossed and hope we’ll soon add our contribution
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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Cieraad and Dalley (2026) Bright needs, dark desires: Public preferences and balancing the benefits of artificial light and natural darkness at night in Aotearoa New Zealand 🧪💡🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... @peopleandnature.bsky.social
A balance where on one side some symbols represent positive aspects of artificial light (orientation and traffic regulation, aesthetics, security etc) and on the other side symbols represent positive aspects of darkness (environmental benefits for animals that need darkness, star gazing opportunities, uninterrupted biological clocks in humans, plants and animals, etc)
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
It was a great pleasure to participate in meeting and to connect with such outstanding people and organisations. 👏
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Antoine Stier @antoinestier.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Please repost: 🚨Field assistant position 🐧 We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology. Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
ENLIGHT project in its beauty. I’m truly happy to work alongside these incredible girls ❤️
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AquaPLAN @aquaplan.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
AquaPLAN at ENLIGHT Conference in Novi Sad 🌃 Our coordinator Elena Maggi highlighted how light & noise pollution interact in aquatic ecosystems, calling for integrated strategies to protect biodiversity🏞️ Learn more 👉 aquaplan-project.eu/enlight-conf...
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ENLIGHT Conference: AquaPLAN highlights aquatic multi-stressor research - AquaPLAN
Funded by the EU Horizon Europe Programme (along with UKRI), AquaPLAN is a €2.6 million, 4-year project that aims to quantify the combined impacts of Light and Noise Pollution (LNP) on aquatic biodive...
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Main day at our conference Facial expression analysis revealed a 94% smile rate, not bad. Sounds like ENLIGHT lived up to its name. Thank you all for being a part of it. P.S. smiles were not produced by either AI or coercion. The guy in the middle with checkered shirt was excluded from analysis.
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
First day of the ENLIGHT conference done! 🎉 We had an amazing workshop today, and tomorrow brings a second day full of new opportunities and knowledge. 💡✨ . . . . . #ENLIGHT2025 #lightpollution #darkskyprotection #amphibians #novisad #belgrade #promis2023 #ibiss #pmf #sciencefund
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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
🚨 HELP NEEDED!!! Please, help us to evaluate how differences in aesthetic perception can affect the development of conservation strategies in #butterflies. www.unveiling.eu/en_US/
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Charlie T @agentlaughingperch.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
📢 Adoption of new IUCN resolution on #amphibian #conservation 📢 🐸 Big news, since a recent study showed that amphib conservation is serially underfunded. The TLDR of this are calls for: -updated conservation guidelines -govts to implement long term national plans -funding research
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Adoption of new IUCN resolution guiding the conservation of amphibians | Oryx | Cambridge Core
Adoption of new IUCN resolution guiding the conservation of amphibians
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Madeleine Fabušová @fabusovam.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Interested in mitigating the impacts of light pollution? Join the Knowledge Network! #ALAN We're leading work on evidence synthesis across biodiversity, road safety and energy impacts and we need your help! Read more below and join us: www.ncl.ac.uk/nes/our-rese... 💡
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SAFELUX | School of Natural and Environmental Sciences | Newcastle University
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Salva Bará @salvabara.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
"Our findings show that ALAN disrupts the fundamental energetic constraints on ecosystem metabolism, warranting the inclusion of light pollution in global change and carbon–climate feedback assessments." Johnston, Kim, & Harris. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Widespread influence of artificial light at night on ecosystem metabolism - Nature Climate Change
The authors combine light intensity data with eddy covariance observations from 86 sites to show that artificial light at night increases ecosystem respiration and alters carbon exchange, with impacts...
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
🌙🔊 How do we perceive light and noise pollution? Your experience matters! ✨ Take part in this survey 👉 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/pl... Your input will help better understand these growing problems. The survey is part of the European project PLAN-B. #lightpollution #noisepollution
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Ulrika Candolin @ulrikacandolin.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
New paper: #lightpollution suppresses diel migration in #Daphnia, but no detectable difference between urban and rural populations. rdcu.be/eNVwb So no adaptation to light pollution? We discuss different plausible explanations for this lack of differentiation.
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Excited to join the #UnderOneSky conference (Nov 7–8), organized by @darkskyintl.bsky.social to protect our natural night. 🌙 I’ll present findings from the ENLIGHT project on how #lightpollution affects amphibians, highlighting why preserving natural night conditions is vital for wildlife.
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
See You at ENLIGHT 2025! Together, we’ll share research, strategies, and inspiration to reduce light pollution and safeguard the beauty of our night skies. 📅 28–30 November | Novi Sad, Serbia @salvabara.bsky.social @aquaplan.bsky.social #lightpollution #ALAN
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Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
New study 🎓 by @robinheinennl.bsky.social Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) 💡 affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar 🐛 predation in an urban environment 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🔓
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Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar predation in an urban environment
Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) is changing our nocturnal landscape. Recent research reveals the negative impacts on biodiversity, including individu…
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
🚨 Deadline Extended! 📅 New deadline:  November 10th, 2025. 📍 Novi Sad, Serbia OR online 👉 Register & submit abstracts: 🔗 enlightproject.rs/enlight-conference 📩 enlightproject@gmail.com #lightpollution #ALAN #darknight
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
❄️❄️Read about mechanisms behind animal responses to dormancy 🐸🐻‍❄️🐌🐿️. 🚨PREPRINT by Pablo Burraco, Pablo Capilla-Lasheras and Tamara Petrović 🚨 #hibernation #tropor #aestivation #ectotherms #endotherms #oxidativestress www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Effects of animal dormancy on oxidative stress, immune status, and glucocorticoids: a meta-analysis
Despite the growing interest of evolutionary biologists and ecologists in unravelling the mechanisms behind animal responses to challenging conditions, our knowledge remains limited. To contribute to ...
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
🚨🚨Our new preprint on #amphibians and #lightpollution Review on #ALAN effects on most threatened vertebrates 🐸🐸 #frogs #skyglow #darknight papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Amphibians under artificial light at night: Current knowledge, conservation challenges and future directions
Amphibians have evolved under predictable light–dark cycles, with most species relying on darkness for foraging, reproduction, and predator avoidance. Introduct
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Come and join us on this journey www.enlightproject.rs/enlight-conf... #lightpollution #alan #darksky #arrificiallightatnight
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
🚨 Direct from our lab. Effects of #globalwarming and #pesticide (#glyphosate) on oxidative stress in crested #newts Full text on link 👇👇👇 kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
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ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Be sure to join our zoom talks coming up🙌 @gregpask.bsky.social is up next then in Oct @kmkocot.bsky.social And in Nov - Sara Asadi (@)suluk.nomad on Insta from ICB’s Minorities in #Shark #science issue (MISS) #entomology #invertebrates #biology #oceanscience #bugs #insects #whalesharks
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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Our new paper is finally out @conphysjournal.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social Here, we discuss eco-physiological singularities of wildlife coping with extreme conditions, present five study models and extract some ideas for conservation. academic.oup.com/conphys/arti...
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
I would like to invite you to attend the international ENLIGHT Conference, Novi Sad, Serbia, November 28-30, 2025. The conference is dedicated to the different aspects of #lightpollution and #alan. All details are available on the website: 👉 www.enlightproject.rs/enlight-conf...
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ENLIGHT - ENLIGHT Conference
Welcome to the ENLIGHT Conference!
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Great opportunity for all of us working on #lightpollution submission deadline 1 December.
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Lights from local football stadium, turning night into day just to have training. Complete unawares about #lightpollution and effects on living world. #alan #artificiallightatnight
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
📣 Our special issue is open. We invite you to help us determine how human-induced changes in circadian environmental signals affect animals, communities and ecosystems. Please share #lightpollutin #noisepollution #climatechange www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Last day #sebconference .Talk by Nedim Tüzün on effects of #lightpollution on Daphnia and it's parasite. - flatworms decrease abundance of Daphnia under #ALAN, - question that remains how can this reflect on food chain of urban freshwater ecosystem, already under anthropogenic pressure?
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Second day #SEBconference. Effects of #alan on newts in short: The Good (natural dark), the Bad (warm light) and the Ugly (cool light). Great chat with Nedim Tüzün about #lightpollution, what can we learn from Daphnia and amphibians.
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
First day at #sebconference and great talk about carry-over effects of #ALAN on fish by Maria Costa from CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies. Artificial light: - reduced reproductive outcome - increased heart rate - induced greater sensitivity to chemicals #lightpollution #fish
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
See you next week in Antwerp at @sebiology.bsky.social conference. We will be presenting our results on effects of #ALAN on newts. There will be more awesome work on effects of #ligthpollution on fish and aquatic invertebrates. More in program 👇 issuu.com/societyforex...
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
SEB magazin. Great honour to talk about research. #oxidativestress #amphibians #hybridization #ecophysiology #sebmagazine
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Our preliminary results revealed that LED lights affect metabolic rate, development and body growth of crested newts larvae. #lightpollution #alan #ENLIGHT #amphibians Stay tuned with our project www.enlightproject.rs/home
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Read our new review on ecotoxicology in amphibians, this short review is focused on recent literature data and different regions, especially South America. kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
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Marko Prokic @proksima.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Darkening of the Global Ocean in Global Change Biology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Darkening of the Global Ocean
The ocean is darkening, with less sunlight reaching deeper waters over the past 20 years. Analysing satellite data, we found that 21% of the global ocean has experienced reduced light penetration, wi....
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Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB) @igb-berlin.de · 08/04/2025
💡 Too much artificial light promotes the growth of blue-green algae in #lakes. This has been shown in a large-scale field experiment. If #lightpollution continues to increase, potentially toxic cyanobacterial blooms could become more common in the future. Read more: www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/ligh...
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Light pollution stimulates cyanobacterial growth and metabolic processes in lakes
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Katharina Ruthsatz @kruthsatz.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
We a re looking forward to receiving your submission for our Special Issue in @jthermbiol.bsky.social 🌡️ 🐘🐦🐸🐝🐟🐚🕷️🐍🦈 (all taxa welcome!)
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