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Arctic scientists on a 24|hour 'night shift' to measure effects of light ...


What It's Like to Experience Polar Night in the World's Northernmost ...

Polar night is the season that takes place each year inside polar circles when night lasts for more than 24 hours. This phenomenon occurs in ...

Artificial Light at Night: State of the Science 2024

Some early work suggests that the impact is not small (24,. 368, 369). Many ... Rapid assessment of lamp spectrum to quantify ecological effects of light at night ...

Scientists investigate how organisms survive 'polar night' - E&E News

The countdown to polar night begins slowly. Twelve hours of sunlight ... light — a time period nicknamed the polar twilight. But by ...

Natural Light Exposure, Sleep and Depression among Day Workers ...

Light is the most important time cue for maintaining the 24 h period of circadian rhythms in humans [1]. In the Arctic and Antarctic Circles, deprivation of ...

(PDF) Artificial light during the polar night disrupts Arctic fish and ...

Berge et al. find that the normal working-light from a ship impacts on the vertical distribution of macrozooplankton and pelagic fish communities around the ...

Shedding light on zooplankton in the dark - Norwegian SciTech News

The new study in Science Advances shows that light pollution clearly affects marine organisms at night, but especially in the Arctic during the polar night.

A year long expedition spotlights night life in the Arctic winter

Temperatures rise, the snow and ice begin to melt and life starts to flourish. Although polar night is a busier world than scientists initially ...

Effect of daily light exposure on sleep in polar regions

The alternation of day and night light is the standard by which the circadian rhythm is stabilised, and is generally considered to enhance the ...

Atmospheric physics | CREATE Arctic Science

Every year, the Earth's axis tilts the Polar Regions into complete darkness for part of the winter (“Polar Night”), and into 24-hour sunlight for part of the ...

The Norwegian Town Where the Sun Doesn't Rise - The Atlantic

The Polar Night of Svalbard is significantly darker: absent even indirect sunlight, with no change in light to mark the passage of a 24-hour ...

What is polar night? - National Geographic

Simply put, polar night refers to a period of time when the Sun does not rise above the horizon for more than 24 hours.

Climate change is flooding the Arctic Ocean with light

Jørgen: So artificial light, it's not of course a direct effect of climate change, but it's certainly related to climate change because as it ...

The Science of Arctic Weather and Climate

Microscopic ice crystals are suspended in the air, changing how light and sound travel over distances. Layers of warm and cold air refract, or bend, light rays.

Light at the end of the tunnel for night shift workers - ScienceDaily

Alisha Guyett, lead author of A circadian-informed lighting intervention accelerates circadian adjustment to a night work schedule in a ...

How does polar night and midnight sun time effect you if ... - Quora

In winter, there's not much daylight. There are very many hours of darkness and many find that annoying. I'm told there is less SAD (Seasonal ...

The daring plan to save the Arctic ice with glass - BBC

The fear that action to combat climate change has been too slow has led some scientists to test unconventional methods to stem the loss of ...

The Arctic is warming up to four times faster than the ... - CBS News

Scientists have known for years that the Arctic has suffered from more warming than the rest of the world. But a new study shows that it's ...

Climate Change at the Arctic's Edge Briefing - Earthwatch

Scientists expect to observe the greatest effects of global warming in the Arctic. But what, exactly, will these effects be?

Scientists Turn to Drones For Closer Look at Sea Ice | Climate Central

Another has cameras that detect both infrared and partly visible light, allowing the scientists actually to see the structure of the ...

Why it is so cold in the polar regions - World Ocean Review

At the geographic North and South Poles, the polar night lasts for almost a half year. If one moves from the Pole towards the Polar Circle, the length of time ...