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18
Dec

Insects: Anthropogenic Electromagnetic Radiation (including ALAN) – Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Environmental Health

December 18, 2023
Photo by Mahmumdul Hasan Shawon on Unsplash 16th of December 2023 Widely known causes of insect decline are deforestation, pesticide use, artificial light pollution and climate change. Although there is growing concern about the effect of anthropogenic (man made) electromagnetic radiation exposure to insects we cannot ignore the effect of another type of anthropogenic EMR,...
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25
Sep

Aquatic insects are sensitive to light pollution

September 25, 2021
Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-09-aquatic-insects-sensitive-pollution.html by Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. (FVB) Light pollution—too much artificial light in the wrong place at the wrong time is one reason for the decline in insect numbers worldwide. New research from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) shows that current strategies for reducing the impact of light pollution do not...
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16
May

Lost in Light II – a short film on Light Pollution

May 16, 2021
Sriram Murali Being under a sky full of stars makes you feel tiny, humble, kind and caring. But, thanks to light pollution, most people lack this connection. Millions of kids are robbed of finding their passion for Astronomy. We’ve lost the potential for thousands of great minds. We are losing our identity only increasing the...
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16
May

Saving the Dark | Documentary | Light Pollution [HD]

May 16, 2021
80% of the world’s population live under light polluted skies. What do we lose when we lose sight of the stars? Excessive and improper lighting robs us of our night skies, disrupts our sleep patterns and endangers nocturnal habitats. The current advances in LED technology have enabled several cities to safely light their streets and...
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05
May

Can scientists help insects survive their fatal attraction to light at night?

May 5, 2021
Source: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/05/can-scientists-help-insects-survive-their-fatal-attraction-light-night By Elizabeth Pennisi May. 4, 2021 Each summer, on bridges across the world, mayfly massacres occur. First, warm weather prompts the transformation of the insects’ aquatic larvae. Within hours, the short-lived, flying adults pop out of streams, rivers, and lakes, eager to mate and lay eggs by the millions. But bridges illuminated with artificial...
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22
Mar

Impact of artificial light at night on diurnal plant-pollinator interactions

March 22, 2021
Giavi, S., Fontaine, C. & Knop, E. Impact of artificial light at night on diurnal plant-pollinator interactions. Nat Commun 12, 1690 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22011-8 Abstract Artificial light at night has rapidly spread around the globe over the last decades. Evidence is increasing that it has adverse effects on the behavior, physiology, and survival of animals and plants with consequences...
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15
Feb

Why you should care about light pollution

February 15, 2021
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08
Mar

Sitra’s statement on the auction of the 26 GHz band

March 8, 2020
Source Published 3/6/2020 Opinion Sitra is grateful for the opportunity to comment on the auction of the 26 GHz band. Climate change and biodiversity loss are progressing at an alarming rate. For example, the Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published in October 2018, highlighted the exceptional gravity of the situation. Limiting global...
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24
Feb

Electric and magnetic senses in marine animals, and potential behavioral effects of electromagnetic surveys

February 24, 2020
Daniel Nyqvist, Caroline Durif, Magnar Gullikstad Johnsen, Karen De Jong, Tonje Nesse Forland, Lise Doksæter Sivle, Electric and magnetic senses in marine animals, and potential behavioral effects of electromagnetic surveys, Marine Environmental Research, Volume 155, 2020, 104888, ISSN 0141-1136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.104888 Abstract Electromagnetic surveys generate electromagnetic fields to map petroleum deposits under the seabed with unknown...
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25
Aug

SA Parliament 5G Questions and answers

August 25, 2019
This post will be updated as we receive more information. The questions and answers thus far can be viewed at the links below: RNW147-2019-08-12 attachment 1 attachment 2
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