As a result of the new atlas of of artificial night sky brightness I ended up doing a lot of interviews for national and international outlets, including Science Magazine, Takepart.com, Christian Science Monitor, Scientific American, and USA Today. Then the American Medical Association released a statement on LED lighting (for which I had provided some … Continue reading Unintentional Media Blitz
William Winters, one of my GIST students, successfully filed his MS thesis last fall, in which he created proof-of-concept models for bird migration routes at the continental scale. We developed the topic as a way to fill in a missing scale in the efforts to reduce mortality of birds at towers and buildings. At the … Continue reading Predicting Continental-Scale Bird Migration Routes from Landscape Parameters
Shishir Paudel, Travis Longcore, Beau MacDonald, Melissa K. McCormick, Katalin Szlavecz, Gail W. T. Wilson, and Scott R. Loss Ecology Volume 97, Issue 3, March 2016, Pages 605–614 Abstract. A mounting body of research suggests that invasive nonnative earthworms substantially alter microbial communities, including arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). These changes to AMF can cascade to affect plant communities and vertebrate populations. Despite these … Continue reading Belowground interactions with aboveground consequences: Invasive earthworms and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Landscape architects, mark your calendars. I’ll be part of a joint presentation on Ecologically Sensitive Lighting Design that was just accepted to the American Society of Landscape Architects annual meeting in New Orleans this fall. I teamed up with lighting designer Linnaea Tillett and lighting engineer Nancy Clanton, two of the top landscape lighting experts … Continue reading Heading to New Orleans: Ecologically Sensitive Lighting Design
I’ll be speaking at Antioch University in Santa Barbara on February 19th at noon, in an event organized by Trish Odenthal of the Illuminating Engineering Society Mission Section. The hour and a half event includes lunch and is good for continuing education credit for AIA Health and NCQLP. Registration is $30, or $15 with no … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Illuminating Engineering Society Mission Section
Linda Sue Beck. It is at her desk that Ammon Bundy, leader of the group of armed anti-government religious fanatics occupying Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, has set up shop. As a federal biologist, like my father was for decades, she works to steward the resources that are held in common trust for all Americans. My stomach … Continue reading I Stand with Linda Sue Beck: The Attack on Science at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
The message that lights can have environmental consequences becomes more and more mainstream. Optics and Photonics News this month has an article by freelance writer Jeff Hecht, with whom I’ve spoked for other stories before. His article is a multi-page spread and emphasizes both spectrum and intensity and their potential impacts, as well as the … Continue reading Optics and Photonics News Covers Environmental Impacts of Lighting
Australian zoologist Kylie Robert and colleagues have published an exciting new paper on the disruption of breeding patterns and melatonin levels in a free-ranging native mammal. I had the chance to comment on the significance of this research for Science News and am delighted that Dr. Robert will also be presenting at the Annual General … Continue reading Expert quote on exciting new light pollution research
John P. Swaddle*, Clinton D. Francis*, Jesse R. Barber, Caren B. Cooper, Christopher C.M. Kyba, Davide M. Dominoni, Graeme Shannon, Erik Aschehoug, Sarah E. Goodwin, Akito Y. Kawahara, David Luther, Kamiel Spoelstra, Margaret Voss, Travis Longcore Highlights Anthropogenic light and sound are an important component of global change. These stimuli often co-occur and may function … Continue reading A framework to assess evolutionary responses to anthropogenic light and sound
Dr. Jaret Daniels has edited a new volume from Springer titled Butterfly Conservation in North America: efforts to help save our charismatic microfauna. Ken Osborne and I have a chapter on conservation efforts in California. Pre-orders are being taken now. Continue reading Forthcoming chapter in Butterfly Conservation in North America
Travis Longcore 