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Just a few nights under the glow of coastal lights is enough to send reef fish into a spiral of sleeplessness and aggression, and the damage reaches far deeper than their behavior.

Scientists have shown that light pollution—especially light in the blue spectrum—can alter the behavior of fish after only a few nights, and have knock-on effects for their offspring. The team studied ...