Marko Prokic
@proksima.bsky.social
Climate change and environmental pollution on 🐸🦎🐟. #ecophysiology, #amphibians, #lightpollution, #oxidativestress
Leader of ENLIGHT project and AmphibiaLab
www.enlightproject.rs/team
www.researchgate.net/lab/AmphibiaLab-Tijana-B-Radovanovic
Leader of ENLIGHT project and AmphibiaLab
www.enlightproject.rs/team
www.researchgate.net/lab/AmphibiaLab-Tijana-B-Radovanovic
Pinned
Amphibians under artificial light at night: Current knowledge, conservation challenges and future directions
Amphibians have evolved under predictable light-dark cycles, with most species relying on darkness for foraging, reproduction, and predator avoidance.…
www.sciencedirect.com
Artificial light at night is an unlit conservation blind spot for amphibians.
Our review highlights that even small changes to natural night lighting can disrupt amphibian behavior, physiology, reproduction, and species interactions. #lightpollution #amphibians
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our review highlights that even small changes to natural night lighting can disrupt amphibian behavior, physiology, reproduction, and species interactions. #lightpollution #amphibians
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🌙💡 Does light pollution go deeper than we think?
Our new study shows that LED light at night alters thyroid gland histology in Triturus newts, a key endocrine organ. Suggesting ALAN as a subtle endocrine disruptor, beyond known effects on melatonin and corticosterone
📄 www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/16...
Our new study shows that LED light at night alters thyroid gland histology in Triturus newts, a key endocrine organ. Suggesting ALAN as a subtle endocrine disruptor, beyond known effects on melatonin and corticosterone
📄 www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/16...
February 9, 2026 at 11:41 PM
🌙💡 Does light pollution go deeper than we think?
Our new study shows that LED light at night alters thyroid gland histology in Triturus newts, a key endocrine organ. Suggesting ALAN as a subtle endocrine disruptor, beyond known effects on melatonin and corticosterone
📄 www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/16...
Our new study shows that LED light at night alters thyroid gland histology in Triturus newts, a key endocrine organ. Suggesting ALAN as a subtle endocrine disruptor, beyond known effects on melatonin and corticosterone
📄 www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/16...
Artificial light at night is an unlit conservation blind spot for amphibians.
Our review highlights that even small changes to natural night lighting can disrupt amphibian behavior, physiology, reproduction, and species interactions. #lightpollution #amphibians
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our review highlights that even small changes to natural night lighting can disrupt amphibian behavior, physiology, reproduction, and species interactions. #lightpollution #amphibians
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Amphibians under artificial light at night: Current knowledge, conservation challenges and future directions
Amphibians have evolved under predictable light-dark cycles, with most species relying on darkness for foraging, reproduction, and predator avoidance.…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Artificial light at night is an unlit conservation blind spot for amphibians.
Our review highlights that even small changes to natural night lighting can disrupt amphibian behavior, physiology, reproduction, and species interactions. #lightpollution #amphibians
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our review highlights that even small changes to natural night lighting can disrupt amphibian behavior, physiology, reproduction, and species interactions. #lightpollution #amphibians
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Paper 13 is out: @travislongcore.bsky.social and colleagues present a detailed framework for ALAN risk assessment for species, using several real-world case studies as examples. Risks have not been taken into account enough in our bright world. Great work!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Assessing and mapping taxon-specific effects of ecological light pollution for environmental impact analysis
Predicting the adverse effects of light at night is necessary to ensure compliance with laws and regulations that protect species. Using two case stud…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Paper 13 is out: @travislongcore.bsky.social and colleagues present a detailed framework for ALAN risk assessment for species, using several real-world case studies as examples. Risks have not been taken into account enough in our bright world. Great work!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🌙 Teaser from our manuscript under consideration in the Biological Conservation Special Issue on Artificial Light at Night.
Great collection of cutting-edge work on how #ALAN reshapes organisms, ecosystems, and conservation thinking.
Fingers crossed and hope we’ll soon add our contribution
Great collection of cutting-edge work on how #ALAN reshapes organisms, ecosystems, and conservation thinking.
Fingers crossed and hope we’ll soon add our contribution
January 26, 2026 at 11:08 AM
🌙 Teaser from our manuscript under consideration in the Biological Conservation Special Issue on Artificial Light at Night.
Great collection of cutting-edge work on how #ALAN reshapes organisms, ecosystems, and conservation thinking.
Fingers crossed and hope we’ll soon add our contribution
Great collection of cutting-edge work on how #ALAN reshapes organisms, ecosystems, and conservation thinking.
Fingers crossed and hope we’ll soon add our contribution
Reposted by Marko Prokic
Cieraad and Dalley (2026) Bright needs, dark desires: Public preferences and balancing the benefits of artificial light and natural darkness at night in Aotearoa New Zealand 🧪💡🔓
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... @peopleandnature.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... @peopleandnature.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Cieraad and Dalley (2026) Bright needs, dark desires: Public preferences and balancing the benefits of artificial light and natural darkness at night in Aotearoa New Zealand 🧪💡🔓
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... @peopleandnature.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... @peopleandnature.bsky.social
It was a great pleasure to participate in meeting and to connect with such outstanding people and organisations. 👏
Kicking off the year with momentum, collaboration & fresh ideas!
The AquaPLAN_EU Annual General Meeting 2026 is in @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social Lisbon this week 🎉
The AquaPLAN_EU Annual General Meeting 2026 is in @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social Lisbon this week 🎉
January 14, 2026 at 11:39 PM
It was a great pleasure to participate in meeting and to connect with such outstanding people and organisations. 👏
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Please repost: 🚨Field assistant position 🐧
We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology.
Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.
We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology.
Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.
January 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Please repost: 🚨Field assistant position 🐧
We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology.
Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.
We offer a 14-months field assistant position through the French Polar Institute to work on king penguin ecophysiology and behavioral ecology.
Requirements: EU citizen < 30yo having experience with harsh fieldwork & wild bird/mammal handling/sampling.
ENLIGHT project in its beauty. I’m truly happy to work alongside these incredible girls ❤️
December 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
ENLIGHT project in its beauty. I’m truly happy to work alongside these incredible girls ❤️
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📰Published📰Does nocturnal light pollution impair immune function in a wild-living amphibian?🐸
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Does nocturnal light pollution impair immune function in a wild-living amphibian?
Louise Cheynel, Adeline Dumet, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Corinne Régis,Eve Ramery, Vanessa Gardette, Benjamin Rey, Thierry Lengagne, Nathalie Mondy This is a plain language summary of a Functional …
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December 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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AquaPLAN at ENLIGHT Conference in Novi Sad 🌃
Our coordinator Elena Maggi highlighted how light & noise pollution interact in aquatic ecosystems, calling for integrated strategies to protect biodiversity🏞️
Learn more 👉 aquaplan-project.eu/enlight-conf...
Our coordinator Elena Maggi highlighted how light & noise pollution interact in aquatic ecosystems, calling for integrated strategies to protect biodiversity🏞️
Learn more 👉 aquaplan-project.eu/enlight-conf...
ENLIGHT Conference: AquaPLAN highlights aquatic multi-stressor research - AquaPLAN
Funded by the EU Horizon Europe Programme (along with UKRI), AquaPLAN is a €2.6 million, 4-year project that aims to quantify the combined impacts of Light and Noise Pollution (LNP) on aquatic biodive...
aquaplan-project.eu
December 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
AquaPLAN at ENLIGHT Conference in Novi Sad 🌃
Our coordinator Elena Maggi highlighted how light & noise pollution interact in aquatic ecosystems, calling for integrated strategies to protect biodiversity🏞️
Learn more 👉 aquaplan-project.eu/enlight-conf...
Our coordinator Elena Maggi highlighted how light & noise pollution interact in aquatic ecosystems, calling for integrated strategies to protect biodiversity🏞️
Learn more 👉 aquaplan-project.eu/enlight-conf...
Main day at our conference Facial expression analysis revealed a 94% smile rate, not bad. Sounds like ENLIGHT lived up to its name.
Thank you all for being a part of it.
P.S. smiles were not produced by either AI or coercion. The guy in the middle with checkered shirt was excluded from analysis.
Thank you all for being a part of it.
P.S. smiles were not produced by either AI or coercion. The guy in the middle with checkered shirt was excluded from analysis.
November 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Main day at our conference Facial expression analysis revealed a 94% smile rate, not bad. Sounds like ENLIGHT lived up to its name.
Thank you all for being a part of it.
P.S. smiles were not produced by either AI or coercion. The guy in the middle with checkered shirt was excluded from analysis.
Thank you all for being a part of it.
P.S. smiles were not produced by either AI or coercion. The guy in the middle with checkered shirt was excluded from analysis.
First day of the ENLIGHT conference done! 🎉 We had an amazing workshop today, and tomorrow brings a second day full of new opportunities and knowledge. 💡✨
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November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
First day of the ENLIGHT conference done! 🎉 We had an amazing workshop today, and tomorrow brings a second day full of new opportunities and knowledge. 💡✨
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🚨 HELP NEEDED!!!
Please, help us to evaluate how differences in aesthetic perception can affect the development of conservation strategies in #butterflies.
www.unveiling.eu/en_US/
Please, help us to evaluate how differences in aesthetic perception can affect the development of conservation strategies in #butterflies.
www.unveiling.eu/en_US/
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🚨 HELP NEEDED!!!
Please, help us to evaluate how differences in aesthetic perception can affect the development of conservation strategies in #butterflies.
www.unveiling.eu/en_US/
Please, help us to evaluate how differences in aesthetic perception can affect the development of conservation strategies in #butterflies.
www.unveiling.eu/en_US/
Reposted by Marko Prokic
📢 Adoption of new IUCN resolution on #amphibian #conservation 📢 🐸
Big news, since a recent study showed that amphib conservation is serially underfunded. The TLDR of this are calls for:
-updated conservation guidelines
-govts to implement long term national plans
-funding research
Big news, since a recent study showed that amphib conservation is serially underfunded. The TLDR of this are calls for:
-updated conservation guidelines
-govts to implement long term national plans
-funding research
Adoption of new IUCN resolution guiding the conservation of amphibians | Oryx | Cambridge Core
Adoption of new IUCN resolution guiding the conservation of amphibians
www.cambridge.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
📢 Adoption of new IUCN resolution on #amphibian #conservation 📢 🐸
Big news, since a recent study showed that amphib conservation is serially underfunded. The TLDR of this are calls for:
-updated conservation guidelines
-govts to implement long term national plans
-funding research
Big news, since a recent study showed that amphib conservation is serially underfunded. The TLDR of this are calls for:
-updated conservation guidelines
-govts to implement long term national plans
-funding research
Reposted by Marko Prokic
Interested in mitigating the impacts of light pollution? Join the Knowledge Network! #ALAN
We're leading work on evidence synthesis across biodiversity, road safety and energy impacts and we need your help!
Read more below and join us: www.ncl.ac.uk/nes/our-rese... 💡
We're leading work on evidence synthesis across biodiversity, road safety and energy impacts and we need your help!
Read more below and join us: www.ncl.ac.uk/nes/our-rese... 💡
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Interested in mitigating the impacts of light pollution? Join the Knowledge Network! #ALAN
We're leading work on evidence synthesis across biodiversity, road safety and energy impacts and we need your help!
Read more below and join us: www.ncl.ac.uk/nes/our-rese... 💡
We're leading work on evidence synthesis across biodiversity, road safety and energy impacts and we need your help!
Read more below and join us: www.ncl.ac.uk/nes/our-rese... 💡
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"Our findings show that ALAN disrupts the fundamental energetic constraints on ecosystem metabolism, warranting the inclusion of light pollution in global change and carbon–climate feedback assessments."
Johnston, Kim, & Harris. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Johnston, Kim, & Harris. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Widespread influence of artificial light at night on ecosystem metabolism - Nature Climate Change
The authors combine light intensity data with eddy covariance observations from 86 sites to show that artificial light at night increases ecosystem respiration and alters carbon exchange, with impacts...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
"Our findings show that ALAN disrupts the fundamental energetic constraints on ecosystem metabolism, warranting the inclusion of light pollution in global change and carbon–climate feedback assessments."
Johnston, Kim, & Harris. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Johnston, Kim, & Harris. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
🌙🔊 How do we perceive light and noise pollution?
Your experience matters! ✨
Take part in this survey 👉 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/pl...
Your input will help better understand these growing problems. The survey is part of the European project PLAN-B.
#lightpollution #noisepollution
Your experience matters! ✨
Take part in this survey 👉 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/pl...
Your input will help better understand these growing problems. The survey is part of the European project PLAN-B.
#lightpollution #noisepollution
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🌙🔊 How do we perceive light and noise pollution?
Your experience matters! ✨
Take part in this survey 👉 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/pl...
Your input will help better understand these growing problems. The survey is part of the European project PLAN-B.
#lightpollution #noisepollution
Your experience matters! ✨
Take part in this survey 👉 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/pl...
Your input will help better understand these growing problems. The survey is part of the European project PLAN-B.
#lightpollution #noisepollution
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New paper: #lightpollution suppresses diel migration in #Daphnia, but no detectable difference between urban and rural populations. rdcu.be/eNVwb
So no adaptation to light pollution? We discuss different plausible explanations for this lack of differentiation.
So no adaptation to light pollution? We discuss different plausible explanations for this lack of differentiation.
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 AM
New paper: #lightpollution suppresses diel migration in #Daphnia, but no detectable difference between urban and rural populations. rdcu.be/eNVwb
So no adaptation to light pollution? We discuss different plausible explanations for this lack of differentiation.
So no adaptation to light pollution? We discuss different plausible explanations for this lack of differentiation.
Excited to join the #UnderOneSky conference (Nov 7–8), organized by @darkskyintl.bsky.social to protect our natural night. 🌙
I’ll present findings from the ENLIGHT project on how #lightpollution affects amphibians, highlighting why preserving natural night conditions is vital for wildlife.
I’ll present findings from the ENLIGHT project on how #lightpollution affects amphibians, highlighting why preserving natural night conditions is vital for wildlife.
November 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Excited to join the #UnderOneSky conference (Nov 7–8), organized by @darkskyintl.bsky.social to protect our natural night. 🌙
I’ll present findings from the ENLIGHT project on how #lightpollution affects amphibians, highlighting why preserving natural night conditions is vital for wildlife.
I’ll present findings from the ENLIGHT project on how #lightpollution affects amphibians, highlighting why preserving natural night conditions is vital for wildlife.
See You at ENLIGHT 2025!
Together, we’ll share research, strategies, and inspiration to reduce light pollution and safeguard the beauty of our night skies.
📅 28–30 November | Novi Sad, Serbia
@salvabara.bsky.social @aquaplan.bsky.social
#lightpollution #ALAN
Together, we’ll share research, strategies, and inspiration to reduce light pollution and safeguard the beauty of our night skies.
📅 28–30 November | Novi Sad, Serbia
@salvabara.bsky.social @aquaplan.bsky.social
#lightpollution #ALAN
October 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
See You at ENLIGHT 2025!
Together, we’ll share research, strategies, and inspiration to reduce light pollution and safeguard the beauty of our night skies.
📅 28–30 November | Novi Sad, Serbia
@salvabara.bsky.social @aquaplan.bsky.social
#lightpollution #ALAN
Together, we’ll share research, strategies, and inspiration to reduce light pollution and safeguard the beauty of our night skies.
📅 28–30 November | Novi Sad, Serbia
@salvabara.bsky.social @aquaplan.bsky.social
#lightpollution #ALAN
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New study 🎓 by @robinheinennl.bsky.social
Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) 💡 affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar 🐛 predation in an urban environment 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🔓
Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) 💡 affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar 🐛 predation in an urban environment 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🔓
Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar predation in an urban environment
Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) is changing our nocturnal landscape. Recent research reveals the negative impacts on biodiversity, including individu…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
New study 🎓 by @robinheinennl.bsky.social
Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) 💡 affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar 🐛 predation in an urban environment 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🔓
Variation in artificial light at night (ALAN) 💡 affects ecosystem functions: An experimental approach using plasticine caterpillar 🐛 predation in an urban environment 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🔓
🚨 Deadline Extended!
📅 New deadline: November 10th, 2025.
📍 Novi Sad, Serbia OR online
👉 Register & submit abstracts:
🔗 enlightproject.rs/enlight-conference
📩 [email protected]
#lightpollution #ALAN #darknight
📅 New deadline: November 10th, 2025.
📍 Novi Sad, Serbia OR online
👉 Register & submit abstracts:
🔗 enlightproject.rs/enlight-conference
📩 [email protected]
#lightpollution #ALAN #darknight
October 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
🚨 Deadline Extended!
📅 New deadline: November 10th, 2025.
📍 Novi Sad, Serbia OR online
👉 Register & submit abstracts:
🔗 enlightproject.rs/enlight-conference
📩 [email protected]
#lightpollution #ALAN #darknight
📅 New deadline: November 10th, 2025.
📍 Novi Sad, Serbia OR online
👉 Register & submit abstracts:
🔗 enlightproject.rs/enlight-conference
📩 [email protected]
#lightpollution #ALAN #darknight
❄️❄️Read about mechanisms behind animal responses to dormancy 🐸🐻❄️🐌🐿️.
🚨PREPRINT by Pablo Burraco, Pablo Capilla-Lasheras and Tamara Petrović 🚨
#hibernation #tropor #aestivation #ectotherms #endotherms #oxidativestress
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🚨PREPRINT by Pablo Burraco, Pablo Capilla-Lasheras and Tamara Petrović 🚨
#hibernation #tropor #aestivation #ectotherms #endotherms #oxidativestress
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
❄️❄️Read about mechanisms behind animal responses to dormancy 🐸🐻❄️🐌🐿️.
🚨PREPRINT by Pablo Burraco, Pablo Capilla-Lasheras and Tamara Petrović 🚨
#hibernation #tropor #aestivation #ectotherms #endotherms #oxidativestress
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🚨PREPRINT by Pablo Burraco, Pablo Capilla-Lasheras and Tamara Petrović 🚨
#hibernation #tropor #aestivation #ectotherms #endotherms #oxidativestress
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🚨🚨Our new preprint on #amphibians and #lightpollution
Review on #ALAN effects on most threatened vertebrates 🐸🐸
#frogs #skyglow #darknight
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Review on #ALAN effects on most threatened vertebrates 🐸🐸
#frogs #skyglow #darknight
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Amphibians under artificial light at night: Current knowledge, conservation challenges and future directions
Amphibians have evolved under predictable light–dark cycles, with most species relying on darkness for foraging, reproduction, and predator avoidance. Introduct
papers.ssrn.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🚨🚨Our new preprint on #amphibians and #lightpollution
Review on #ALAN effects on most threatened vertebrates 🐸🐸
#frogs #skyglow #darknight
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Review on #ALAN effects on most threatened vertebrates 🐸🐸
#frogs #skyglow #darknight
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Come and join us on this journey
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#lightpollution #alan #darksky #arrificiallightatnight
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#lightpollution #alan #darksky #arrificiallightatnight
September 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Come and join us on this journey
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#lightpollution #alan #darksky #arrificiallightatnight
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#lightpollution #alan #darksky #arrificiallightatnight