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Farmers in a national park are turning down lights at night to help wildlife – it could be good for crops too

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By Jenny Hall, York St John
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Some farms are looking at how best to use their lights at night. MillaF/Shutterstock Growing evidence suggests that excessive outdoor lighting at night may be harming wildlife. For generations, rural communities worked to the rhythms of daylight and darkness. Today, the amount of harsh light switched on at nightime is having profound consequences for many living things. Agricultural properties are often remote and vulnerable to equipment or livestock theft.
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Dusking is a trend aimed at helping people switch off at the end of the day. How does it work?

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By Jenny Hall, York St John
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Ramon Martinez/Shutterstock At the end of the day, as the sky begins to darken, many people instinctively retreat indoors, turn on the lights and miss the arrival of dusk. A small but growing movement suggests people can benefit from doing the opposite: stepping outside and observing the slow transition from day to night.
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Why walking in a national park in the dark prompts people to turn off lights at home

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By Jenny Hall, Gaby Clark Verified, Andrew Zinin Verified
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Credit: Ignacio Palés from Pexels As soon as you drive over the top of the Peak District and down into Sheffield you can see the light pollution—and it's horrible, said a participant in a research project into darkness and light pollution. In the last 100 years, the places where people can experience darkness have reduced dramatically. Now only 10% of the people living in the western hemisphere experience places with dark skies, where there is no artificial light.
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