Peggy Singlemann visits astronomer Kelsey Johnson at UVA’s Morven Sustainability Lab to learn how light pollution impacts plants and wildlife. Featured on VHG episode 2507, September 2025. Virginia ...

Light pollution disrupts circadian rhythms and ecosystems worldwide—but for plants, dependent on light for photosynthesis, its effects could be profound. Now scientists writing in Frontiers in Plant ...

New research reveals that artificial streetlights can trap thousands of pill bugs in deadly "death spirals," highlighting the ...

New research has revealed for the first time the full extent of how "Artificial Light At Night" (ALAN) is increasing carbon released by plants and animals across continents—without any increase in the ...

Communities around the world trying to manage blooms of toxic algae and cyanobacteria already know they have to control nutrient pollution. But now it seems they may have another factor to worry about ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...

Valerie Blaine of DarkSky International will discuss the importance of darkness for plants, wildlife and humans at a free event hosted by the Wild Ones Rock River Valley Chapter, according to a ...

FOR some time, legal minds in the Philippines were in a bit of a quandary about noise pollution. Some argued that Republic ...

Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these lights could be blinding us to the ...