Longer growing seasons may sound beneficial. Trees may take up more carbon and offer better shade. But there are downsides. A ...

It’s possible to grow indoor plants using both natural and artificial light. MacGyver is legendary for his ability to combine a bunch of everyday items to make something useful.

Researchers attribute longer urban growing seasons to combined effects of artificial light and urban heat islands.

Artificial light may be lengthening the growing season in urban environments by as much as 3 weeks compared to rural areas, ...

What’s more, researchers found that the phenomenon will increase further as street lighting is converted to energy efficient ...

City lights that blaze all night are profoundly disrupting urban plants’ phenology—shifting when their buds open in the spring and when their leaves change colors and drop in the fall.

Dazzling lights are causing ecological chaos, disrupting plants' seasonal rhythms and their fragile relationship with pollinators. One summer night in 2014, a group of biologists and ecologists ...

Artificial lights that run all night, like streetlights, can make leaves grow tougher and less appetizing for insects, according to new research in Frontiers in Plant Science.

University of Würzburg. (2025, March 14). Artificial photosynthesis: Researchers mimic plants. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 03 ...

Understanding these interactions between plants and artificial light and temperature will help scientists predict changes in plant processes under a changing climate. Cities are already serving as ...