{"id":3063,"date":"2025-12-07T13:52:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T18:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/steam\/?p=3063"},"modified":"2025-12-07T13:52:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T18:52:27","slug":"are-the-bugs-out-effects-of-light-pollution-on-nocturnal-insect-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/steam\/2025\/12\/07\/are-the-bugs-out-effects-of-light-pollution-on-nocturnal-insect-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Are the Bugs Out? Effects of Light Pollution on Nocturnal Insect Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:20px\"><strong>Group Members:<\/strong> Chesna Chummar, Mandy Liang, &amp; Lily Zuss<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:20px\">\n<p>New York City, a bustling metropolis, has become almost infamous for its light pollution. This is largely due to the highly populated spaces and the need for electricity to run the megacity. Light pollution, which leads to undue harm, has one effect: it confuses nocturnal insects about whether or not it\u2019s nighttime. As residents<br \/>\nof the city, it is not only important to reduce light pollution for our own well-being, but for the natural residents of the city, too. We can start by investigating the extent of light pollution&#8217;s impact on the behavior of nocturnal insects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:20px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/steam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/12\/STEAM-Festival-Project-Chesna-Chummar-Mandy-Liang-Lily-Zuss.pdf\">View Project<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:20px\">\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Group Members: Chesna Chummar, Mandy Liang, &amp; Lily Zuss New York City, a bustling metropolis, has become almost infamous for its light pollution. This is largely due to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":3064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1029,89,1063,68],"tags":[822],"class_list":["post-3063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1029","category-brooklyn","category-muth-theodore","category-seminar-3-science-forward","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/steam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/steam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/steam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/steam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/steam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/steam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3066,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/steam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3063\/revisions\/3066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/steam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/steam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/steam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/steam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}