It sure looks like things are adding up for widespread data center construction on public lands, without public input

Sun-reflecting space mirrors proposed by U.S. startup Reflect Orbital will have an even more devastating effect on the night sky around the world than previously thought, a study has found.

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...

The bipartisan Roadless Rule is under fire. It’s just one way Trump could make our public lands unrecognizable

Trillions of insects embark, largely unnoticed, on epic journeys every year across mountain ranges, deserts and seas, and it is only now, as their numbers suffer huge declines, that scientists are tra...

Artificial lighting at night (ALAN) from residential, commercial, transportation, and other sources has substantially altered nocturnal light environm…

Predicting the adverse effects of light at night is necessary to ensure compliance with laws and regulations that protect species. Using two case stud…

Artificial light at night (ALAN) has detrimental impacts on natural systems. Despite growing interest in ecology and a deeper understanding of how light pollution affects different taxa and processes,...

Predicting the adverse effects of light at night is necessary to ensure compliance with laws and regulations that protect species. Using two case stud…

Predicting the adverse effects of light at night is necessary to ensure compliance with laws and regulations that protect species. Using two case stud…

A response to “Can We Trust Social Science Yet?” by Ryan Briggs

Insect biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate. Light pollution has been identified as one contributing factor, yet its impact remains poorly known. Aquatic insects with terrestrial life stages ...

They conducted the research using smartphone location data.

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npj Natural Hazards - Space-time dynamics in hazard exposure analysis: smartphone locations show pedestrian routes are inflexible to extreme heat events

The increasing frequency and duration of extreme heat events prompts questions regarding mitigation proposals and evaluation of current strategies suc…

Climate change, combined with the Urban Heat Island effect, will generate more frequent, intense extreme heat events. These events can induce heat str…