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Turn down the lights: The ecological effects of bright nights (Ep 53)
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Turn down the lights: The ecological effects of bright nights (Ep 53)

How has the amount of artificial light changed over the last 150 years? In what ways does artificial light affect human health and wildlife?

And how can new lighting technologies ameliorate the effects of light pollution?

On this episode of Big Biology we talk to Kevin Gaston (@KevinJGaston), a professor of Biodiversity & Conservation at the University of Exeter. Kevin is an expert on the ecological impacts of artificial light and in particular “sky glow”--the combined glow of all lights comi…

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