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If trees are budding earlier, this could have a larger effect on the surrounding ecosystem.Ìý Eric Vandernoot, the lab coordinator of the ³Ô¹ÏÍø Astronomical Observatory, says light pollution alters plant cycles. It throws their bud dormancy out of whack, along with their growth patterns and time when they drop their leaves and fruit. ReadÌý

Learn more about the Observatory and Eric’s workÌý