Elizabeth K. Perkin

TL;DR: In a recent TREE article, Sutherland and colleagues used horizon scanning to identify fifteen emerging issues in biodiversity conservation, including invasive species, synthetic meat, nanosilver and microplastic pollution, but feel they overlooked an emerging problem of great importance and urgency, namely light pollution.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors posit that artificial light at night (ALAN) is another important and often overlooked cause of the insect apocalypse and present evidence that ALAN has led to insect declines through its interference with the development, movement, foraging, and reproductive success of diverse insect species, as well as its positive effect on insectivore predation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify and discuss four future research domains that artificial light may influence in freshwater and associated terrestrial ecosystems, with an emphasis on running waters: dispersal, population genetics and evolution, ecosystem functioning, and potential interactions with other stressors.

TL;DR: It is argued that this framework can reveal the presence of ‘sensory danger zones’, hotspots of conservation concern where sensory pollutants overlap in space and time with an organism’s activity, and foster development of strategic interventions to mitigate the impact of sensory pollutants.

TL;DR: The results suggest that adult aquatic insects can be negatively affected by artificial light and that city planners should take this into account when designing lighting systems along rivers.