Artificial Light At Night
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City Lights Are Rewriting the Calendar: Vanderbilt Researchers Show Artificial Light Extends Urban Growing Seasons
By Andy Flick, Evolutionary Studies scientific coordinator Lin Meng (left) and alum Tara Stanley City lights are rewriting the calendar. A new global study from Vanderbilt researchers Lin Meng and Huidong Li shows that artificial light at night is more powerful than temperature in extending urban growing seasons… Read MoreSeptember 23, 2025