Artificial lights create skyglow at night. Here, skyglow obstructs the view of the night sky over Flagstaff, Arizona. How to dim the lights, here. Photo courtesy of Deborah Lee Soltesz/ USFWS.
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Chinese scientists bioengineering plants with firefly genes to glow, in effort to light cities at night
A shortcut to sprucing up any dreary urban locale is by throwing in some beautiful greenery. Now, Chinese scientists have unveiled new genetically engineered plants that can glow in the dark, which ...
Research led by Iowa State University has established that artificial lighting at night (ALAN) affects natural seasons for urban plants and consequently impacts human life in the United States. The ...
Humans have a tendency to treat things they cannot perceive as 'non-existent.' For example, throughout human history, plants ...
There's a world of garden activity once the sun goes down, when nighttime pollinators appear. Whether you design an entire moon garden filled with white and silvery plants that reflect the low light ...
There's a world of garden activity once the sun goes down, when nighttime pollinators appear. Whether you design an entire moon garden filled with white and silvery plants that reflect the low light ...
City lights that blaze all night are profoundly disrupting urban plants’ phenology – shifting when their buds open in the spring and when their leaves change colors and drop in the fall. New research ...
Light doesn’t just help plants grow—it may also quietly hold them back. Researchers have uncovered a surprising mechanism where light strengthens the “glue” between a plant’s outer skin and its inner ...
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