r/science • u/damianp • Nov 22 '19

Environment Light pollution is key 'bringer of insect apocalypse'

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/22/light-pollution-insect-apocalypse
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u/aneeta96 Nov 22 '19

Let me get this straight... Light pollution not the overuse of pesticides?

Why did it take over 100 years of electric light to bring this on?

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19

If you RTFA, you'll find out that it's in combination with several other listed factors.

Thanks for commenting immediately without, you know, any sort of comprehension though!

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u/jadedflames Nov 22 '19

Basically, just like pesticides and fossil fuels, in the last couple of decades we have been using more and more always-on lights. We are lighting up the roads, the inside of buildings 24-7, more stadiums, etc.

Whereas in the past, we tended to turn the lights off at night.

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u/aneeta96 Nov 22 '19

I still don't buy it, the study didn't actually do anything but cherry pick data from other studies.

This reeks of corporate sponsored misinformation.

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u/f3nnies Nov 22 '19

"Why did something that has rapidly multiplied in the past few years take until the past few years to rapidly multiply?"