Holiday lights brighten the dark winter nights and lift spirits, but they can also disrupt our smallest neighbours— nocturnal animals and insects— who share these spaces.
Holiday lights brighten the dark winter nights and lift spirits, but they can also disrupt our smallest neighbours— nocturnal animals and insects— who share these spaces.
A UBC research project is exploring how artificial light affects insects, as well as identifying which species are most at risk. In this Q&A, faculty of land and food systems master’s student Daphne Chevalier discusses these impacts and offers simple tips to make seasonal light displays friendlier to creatures that crawl, fly, or forage under the cover of night.
How does artificial light at night impact insects and other creatures?
Read more at: University of British Columbia
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