Marko Prokic

🌙💡 Does light pollution go deeper than we think?

Our new study shows that LED light at night alters thyroid gland histology in Triturus newts, a key endocrine organ. Suggesting ALAN as a subtle endocrine disruptor, beyond known effects on melatonin and corticosterone

📄 www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/16...

Amphibians under artificial light at night: Current knowledge, conservation challenges and future directions Amphibians have evolved under predictable light-dark cycles, with most species relying on darkness for foraging, reproduction, and predator avoidance.…

Artificial light at night is an unlit conservation blind spot for amphibians.
Our review highlights that even small changes to natural night lighting can disrupt amphibian behavior, physiology, reproduction, and species interactions. #lightpollution #amphibians
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Assessing and mapping taxon-specific effects of ecological light pollution for environmental impact analysis Predicting the adverse effects of light at night is necessary to ensure compliance with laws and regulations that protect species. Using two case stud…

Paper 13 is out: @travislongcore.bsky.social and colleagues present a detailed framework for ALAN risk assessment for species, using several real-world case studies as examples. Risks have not been taken into account enough in our bright world. Great work!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Thanks a lot! Fingers crossed 🤞 And yes, they definitely deserve more light on them—even if they already suffer from too much light around them 😉🐸

You can read a lot of great work in this Special Issue led by @robinheinennl.bsky.social , @gkalinkat.bsky.social , Franz Hölker and Jacqueline Degen

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

🌙 Teaser from our manuscript under consideration in the Biological Conservation Special Issue on Artificial Light at Night.
Great collection of cutting-edge work on how #ALAN reshapes organisms, ecosystems, and conservation thinking.
Fingers crossed and hope we’ll soon add our contribution

A balance where on one side some symbols represent positive aspects of artificial light (orientation and traffic regulation, aesthetics, security etc) and on the other side symbols represent positive aspects of darkness (environmental benefits for animals that need darkness, star gazing opportunities, uninterrupted biological clocks in humans, plants and animals, etc)

Cieraad and Dalley (2026) Bright needs, dark desires: Public preferences and balancing the benefits of artificial light and natural darkness at night in Aotearoa New Zealand 🧪💡🔓

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... @peopleandnature.bsky.social

You are welcome 🤗

It was a great pleasure to participate in meeting and to connect with such outstanding people and organisations. 👏

Please repost: 🚨Field assistant position 🐧

We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology.

Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.

ENLIGHT project in its beauty. I’m truly happy to work alongside these incredible girls ❤️

My last work about immunity in the wild 🐸🔦⬇️

#lightpollution #ALAN #ecoimmunology

ENLIGHT Conference: AquaPLAN highlights aquatic multi-stressor research - AquaPLAN Funded by the EU Horizon Europe Programme (along with UKRI), AquaPLAN is a €2.6 million, 4-year project that aims to quantify the combined impacts of Light and Noise Pollution (LNP) on aquatic biodive...

AquaPLAN at ENLIGHT Conference in Novi Sad 🌃
Our coordinator Elena Maggi highlighted how light & noise pollution interact in aquatic ecosystems, calling for integrated strategies to protect biodiversity🏞️
Learn more 👉 aquaplan-project.eu/enlight-conf...

Main day at our conference Facial expression analysis revealed a 94% smile rate, not bad. Sounds like ENLIGHT lived up to its name.

Thank you all for being a part of it.
P.S. smiles were not produced by either AI or coercion. The guy in the middle with checkered shirt was excluded from analysis.

First day of the ENLIGHT conference done! 🎉 We had an amazing workshop today, and tomorrow brings a second day full of new opportunities and knowledge. 💡✨
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#ENLIGHT2025 #lightpollution #darkskyprotection #amphibians #novisad #belgrade #promis2023 #ibiss #pmf #sciencefund

🚨 HELP NEEDED!!!

Please, help us to evaluate how differences in aesthetic perception can affect the development of conservation strategies in #butterflies.

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📢 Adoption of new IUCN resolution on #amphibian #conservation 📢 🐸
Big news, since a recent study showed that amphib conservation is serially underfunded. The TLDR of this are calls for:
-updated conservation guidelines
-govts to implement long term national plans
-funding research

Interested in mitigating the impacts of light pollution? Join the Knowledge Network! #ALAN

We're leading work on evidence synthesis across biodiversity, road safety and energy impacts and we need your help!

Read more below and join us: www.ncl.ac.uk/nes/our-rese... 💡

Widespread influence of artificial light at night on ecosystem metabolism - Nature Climate Change The authors combine light intensity data with eddy covariance observations from 86 sites to show that artificial light at night increases ecosystem respiration and alters carbon exchange, with impacts...

"Our findings show that ALAN disrupts the fundamental energetic constraints on ecosystem metabolism, warranting the inclusion of light pollution in global change and carbon–climate feedback assessments."

Johnston, Kim, & Harris. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...

🌙🔊 How do we perceive light and noise pollution?
Your experience matters! ✨

Take part in this survey 👉 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/pl...

Your input will help better understand these growing problems. The survey is part of the European project PLAN-B.

#lightpollution #noisepollution

New paper: #lightpollution suppresses diel migration in #Daphnia, but no detectable difference between urban and rural populations. rdcu.be/eNVwb
So no adaptation to light pollution? We discuss different plausible explanations for this lack of differentiation.

Excited to join the #UnderOneSky conference (Nov 7–8), organized by @darkskyintl.bsky.social to protect our natural night. 🌙

I’ll present findings from the ENLIGHT project on how #lightpollution affects amphibians, highlighting why preserving natural night conditions is vital for wildlife.

See You at ENLIGHT 2025!
Together, we’ll share research, strategies, and inspiration to reduce light pollution and safeguard the beauty of our night skies.
📅 28–30 November | Novi Sad, Serbia

@salvabara.bsky.social @aquaplan.bsky.social
#lightpollution #ALAN

Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar predation in an urban environment Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) is changing our nocturnal landscape. Recent research reveals the negative impacts on biodiversity, including individu…

New study 🎓 by @robinheinennl.bsky.social

Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) 💡 affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar 🐛 predation in an urban environment 🧪

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🔓

🚨 Deadline Extended!

📅 New deadline:  November 10th, 2025.
📍 Novi Sad, Serbia OR online

👉 Register & submit abstracts:
🔗 enlightproject.rs/enlight-conference
📩 enlightproject@gmail.com
#lightpollution #ALAN #darknight

❄️❄️Read about mechanisms behind animal responses to dormancy 🐸🐻‍❄️🐌🐿️.
🚨PREPRINT by Pablo Burraco, Pablo Capilla-Lasheras and Tamara Petrović 🚨

#hibernation #tropor #aestivation #ectotherms #endotherms #oxidativestress

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Many thanks, for support 🐸

🚨🚨Our new preprint on #amphibians and #lightpollution
Review on #ALAN effects on most threatened vertebrates 🐸🐸

#frogs #skyglow #darknight
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Come and join us on this journey
www.enlightproject.rs/enlight-conf...

#lightpollution #alan #darksky #arrificiallightatnight

We will be more than happy to welcome you. TNX for sharing