Light pollution can foil plant-insect hookups, and not just at night

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Light pollution can foil plant-insect hookups, and not just at night
By
Susan Milius
4:45pm, August 2, 2017
 

For flowers, too much light at night could lead to a pollination hangover by day.

Far from any urban street, researchers erected street lights in remote Swiss meadows to mimic the effects of artificial light pollution. In fields lit during the night, flowers had 62 percent fewer nocturnal visitors than flowers in dark meadows, researchers report August 2 in Nature.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/light-pollution-can-foil-plant-insect-hookups-and-not-just-night?mode=topic&context=76&tgt=nr