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Light pollution is disrupting the seasonal rhythms of plants and trees, lengthening pollen season in US cities

  • Written by Yuyu Zhou, Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Iowa State University
Light pollution is disrupting the seasonal rhythms of plants and trees, lengthening pollen season in US citiesSome cities never sleep.Noam Cohen/EyeEm via Getty Images

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City lights that blaze all night are profoundly disrupting urban plants’ phenology – shifting when their buds open in the spring and when their leaves change colors and drop in the fall. New research I...

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