Artificial Skyglow Fuels Cyanobacterial Blooms: New Evidence from Freshwater Lake Experiments
This study conducted in the IGB LakeLab, a unique facility for large-scale experiments on freshwater ecosystems, found that artificial light at night (skyglow) stimulates the growth and metabolic processes of cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, in lakes. The experiment showed that even very low light levels of 0.06 lux, which is typical of urban […]