Investigating the impacts of artificial light via blackouts.

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School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary medicine, University of Glasgow, UK.

Published: July 2024


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Natural experiments provide remarkable opportunities to test the large-scale effects of human activities. Widespread energy blackouts offer such an 'experiment' to test the impacts of artificial light at night (ALAN) on wildlife. We use the situation in South Africa, where regular scheduled blackouts are being implemented, to highlight this opportunity.

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