Artificial Light Filling Night Skies Hurts Wildlife and Human Health, Wastes Energy
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We’ve all seen moths drawn to outdoor lights, bashing themselves mercilessly against the bulbs.
We’ve all seen moths drawn to outdoor lights, bashing themselves mercilessly against the bulbs.
The Milky Way is a sight to marvel — in all its glory, the human eye can observe thousands of its seemingly endless stars that…
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Back in 1994, the Northridge Earthquake caused major blackouts in the Los Angeles area.
Image copyright F. Falchi y otros, Creative Commons El nuevo Atlas Mundial del Brillo Artificial del Cielo Nocturno, producido…
For city dwellers, our connection to what’s above—to the stars, the planets, and the rest of our galaxy—can be fraught.
For city dwellers, our connection to what’s above—to the stars, the planets, and the rest of our galaxy—can be fraught.
Somos lderes de Europa en contaminacin lumnica. El dispendio pblico y la burbuja inmobiliaria dispararon el gasto en alumbrado.
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A remote campground in southwest New Mexico has recently become a sanctuary for star gazers seeking a pristine night sky at a…
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The Cosmic Campground lies just off a two-lane highway in New Mexico's largest and mostly rural county, where traffic lights don…
The Cosmic Campground lies just off a two-lane highway in New Mexico's largest and mostly rural county, where traffic lights don…
The Cosmic Campground lies just off a two-lane highway in New Mexico's largest and mostly rural county, where traffic lights don…
The Cosmic Campground lies just off a two-lane highway in New Mexico's largest and mostly rural county, where traffic lights don…
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© meepoohyaphoto / Fotolia New findings suggest that more care should be taken in considering the amount of light exposure…
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Constant exposure to artificial lights can lead to a range of health consequences.
06:34 AM EDT The elderly should not be exposed to too much artificial lighting.
Artificial light has previously been proven to disrupt the human body clock and hormonal system.
Source: MarchCattle/Shutterstock Health experts are increasingly aware that limiting your exposure to artificial light—while…
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If you are one of the millions of people living in cities so luminous that the night sky never turns dark, you might want to…
The Milky Way, our home galaxy and a source of inspiration and wonder to humanity for millennia, is no longer visible to many…
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Living in an apartment with the view of New York City lights may be a sight to behold.
Living in an apartment with the view of New York City lights may be a sight to behold.
Reuters For one-third of humanity, it is no longer possible to look up in the sky and marvel at the beauty of the Milky Way.
For one-third of humanity, it is no longer possible to look up in the sky and marvel at the beauty of the Milky Way.
Light pollution is so bad in Singapore that people's eyes never fully adapt to the dark when looking at the sky after sunset.
Reuters Light pollution is so bad in Singapore that people's eyes never fully adapt to the dark when looking at the sky after…
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One of the biggest changes humans have made to our environment is in the amount of artificial light emitted at night, which…
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When you look up at the night sky and wonder where the stars of the Milky Way have gone, there's a reason.
When you look up at the night sky and wonder where the stars of the Milky Way have gone, there's a reason.
When you look up at the night sky and wonder where the stars of the Milky Way have gone, there's a reason.
When you look up at the night sky and wonder where the stars of the Milky Way have gone, there's a reason.
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The Milky Way disappears in artificial light originated by the city light of Berlin.
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Tausende Sterne. Blick in den Himmel nahe der der brandenburgischen Ortschaft Lietzen.
More than one-third of the world's population can no longer see the Milky Way because of man-made lights.
A causa dell’inquinamento luminoso, più di un terzo della popolazione mondiale non riesce più a osservare la Via Lattea di notte…
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The Milky Way looms overhead as a rock slides across the ground in Death Valley National Park.
Η φωτορύπανση από τις ανθρώπινες υποδομές πλέον καλύπτει το 80% της Γης με συνέπεια το ένα τρίτο του παγκόσμιου πληθυσμού να μην…
Электрическое освещение создает в небе дымку – световое загрязнение, мешающее нам видеть звезды.
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Jun 14, 2016 02:53 AM EDT The world never sleeps. This may be true based on the recent findings published in Sciences Advances…
Jun 14, 2016 02:53 AM EDT The world never sleeps. This may be true based on the recent findings published in Sciences Advances…
The Milky Way, the brilliant river of stars that has dominated the night sky and human imaginations since time immemorial, is…
The Milky Way has dominated the night sky for as long as there has been a night sky.
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The Milky Way, the brilliant river of stars that has dominated the night sky and human imaginations since time immemorial, is…
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Jun 13, 2016 09:00 PM EDT The Milky Way is now hidden to one-third of the world's population and 80 percent of Americans…
Jun 13, 2016 09:00 PM EDT The Milky Way is now hidden to one-third of the world's population and 80 percent of Americans…
Электрическое освещение создает в небе дымку – световое загрязнение, мешающее нам видеть звезды. Завораживающему зрелищу звездног…
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Google Earth/Fabio Falchi et al. Humanity is losing its ability to see the stars.
Humanity is losing its ability to see the stars. According to an unprecedented new map of light pollution, published by the…
Jun. 13, 2016, 5:44 PM 1,171 Google Earth/Fabio Falchi et al.Humanity is losing its ability to see the stars.