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Ohio State: Light Pollution May Extend Mosquitoes' Biting Season
April 11, 2023
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 11 (TNSjou) -- Ohio State University issued the following news:

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Study suggests light at night disrupts insects' winter dormancy

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A new study's finding that urban light pollution may disrupt the winter dormancy period for mosquitoes that transmit West Nile virus could be considered both good news and bad news.

The good news is that the disease-carrying pests may not survive the winter if th . . .

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