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Your porchlight is causing moths to evolve

New study suggests evolutionary consequences of light pollution

Click on the link to read the article: Your porchlight is causing moths to evolve | Science | AAAS

This entry was posted in News on 28/07/2016 by admin.

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  • The Great Fen Newsletter April 2019
  • Fungus Walk Hockeridge Wood 28 April 2019
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  • RSPBNBLG Walk – Nightingale time at Paxton Pits 27 April 2019
  • Specialist abseilers remove parts of controversial cliff netting at Bacton 
  • Heatwaves sweeping oceans ‘like wildfires’
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  • Moth Id – Orange Underwing
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  • Moth Id – Dotted Border
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  • Danish billionaires plan to rewild large swath of Scottish Highlands
  • Caring for the common frog
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