Discover Magazine D-Brief Blog (2 October 2017)

The Annual 9/11 ‘Tribute in Light’ Really Messes With the Birds

John Barentine is the program manager for the International Dark-Sky Association. His group collects light pollution research and lobbies governments, corporations and home owners to turn take action. He says this study used unique circumstances to back up what scientists have known for years, but struggled to quantify.
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“In almost every bird species studied, researchers find a clear signal in terms of how exposure to artificial light at night modifies the behavior of birds,” Barentine says. “You put light into these spaces at times when their biology doesn’t expect light to be there, and it yields behavior that can be a threat to lives of individuals and a threat to entire species over time.”

Read more: ​http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2017/10/02/tribute-in-light-birds/