Abstract Artificial light at night has rapidly spread around the globe over last decades. Evidence is increasing that it adverse effects on behavior, physiology, and survival of animals plants with consequences for species interactions ecosystem functioning. For example, artificial disrupts plant-pollinator this can have plant reproductive output. By experimentally illuminating natural communit...

Using artificial light at night gives a lot of benefits for humanity, but, the same time, it has changed our planet significantly. However, problem was not taken seriously until its scale became noticeable. Though, skepticism, even among many recognized researchers, is still present, although this expressed mainly in personal conversations. But, any way number studies on topic increasing quite ...

Plant phenology is closely related to light availability as diurnal and seasonal cycles are essential environmental cues for organizing bio-ecological processes. The natural of light, however, have been dramatically disrupted by artificial at night (ALAN) due recent urbanization. influence on plant ALAN its spatial variation remain largely unknown. By analyzing satellite data intensity across t...

A thought experiment places Henry Ford and Thomas Alva Edison in a modern regulatory environment. In a utopian occupational world devoid of night-shifts or artificial light, Ford wants to experiment with "working through the night". To support Ford's project, Edison offers his patented electric lamps to "turn nights into days". An ethics committee [EC] does not approve the night-work experiment...