[MCN] Wild in the city: Pollinators don't need street lights left on all night

[Lance Olsen]

Public Release: 20-Jan-2019
Ecological benefits of part-night lighting revealed
NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY
Study shows there is no difference in pollination success between part-night lighting and full darkness, highlighting the ecological benefit of switching off our street lights even for short periods in the night.

JOURNAL
Ecosphere
 <https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/nu-ebo011719.php>Full release https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/nu-ebo011719.php <https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-01/nu-ebo011719.php>

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"The big challenge is still to deliver emissions reductions at the pace and scale needed, especially in a world where economies are driven by consumption.”

Sonja van Renssen.The inconvenient truth of failed climate policies. Nature Climate Change  MAY 2018

Published online: 27 April 2018 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0155-4 

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