Night skies are getting 9.6% brighter every year as light pollution erases stars for everyone
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by Chris Impey, University of Arizona and Connie Walker, National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory For most of…
by Chris Impey, University of Arizona and Connie Walker, National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory For most of…
If you’re one for wishing on a lucky star, you may have noticed your options are dwindling. While on a very dark, clear night…
Light pollution is disrupting the natural seasonal rhythms of plants and trees, which is making the pollen season longer, which…
A citizen science initiative called Globe at Night has some sobering news for humanity. Our artificial light is drowning out…
A worrying trend for stargazers.
Voor de achttiende keer vragen de Natuur en Milieufederaties met de Nacht van de Nacht op 29 oktober aandacht voor…
by Yuyu Zhou, Iowa State University The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea City…
Disrupting the seasonal rhythms of plants.
Enlarge (credit: Noam Cohen/EyeEm/Getty) City lights that blaze all night are profoundly disrupting urban plants…
Light pollution can cause a variety of problems for our planet and our health. The good news is that it is one of the easiest…
In an effort to better understand the loss of the night sky due to light pollution, astronomers are calling on star-lovers and…
AMSTERDAM—As winter creeps across the Northern Hemisphere and daylight hours dwindle, it can be hard to appreciate the long…
Каждый десятый киловатт-час электроэнергии в мире потребляется именно насосами, и без их рационального применения трудно рассчиты…
In trials, light-exposed eggs hatched normally as soon as scientists removed an overhead LED designed to simulate artificial…
Clownfish rely on darkness to hatch. Human lights are stealing it away. (Credit: patrik johnson/Shutterstock) From space…
This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On a crisp Septe…
Welcome to the “lightmare.” Light pollution is often characterised as a soft issue in environmentalism. This perception needs…
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Satellite images of Earth show a global increase in the use of artificial light, which is obscuring the night sky.
In 2012, astronauts from the European Space Agency installed an experimental camera on the International Space Station (ISS).
A man burns old palm fruit from a palm oil plantation in Cameroon. Photo: Go Forth FilmsThe big stories of 2017 clustered into…
According to Kris De Decker, just making things more efficient isn't enough; we have to change the way we live.
Energieffektiva blå lysdioder belönades 2014 med Nobelpriset i fysik. Sedan LED-lamporna introducerades på marknaden som ett…
It is wholly a confusion to suppose that more efficient lighting leads to diminished consumption. The very contrary is the truth.
There's good news if you're into weird things happening on moons. Bad news if you were a big fan of the Larsen C ice shelf.
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Let me freak you…
Current trends say generating new bitcoins will use all the power in the world by 2020. That might not happen, but the…
When it comes to technology and the environment, it often seems like it’s “one step forward, two steps back.” Basically…
Svetlobno onesnaževanje ima močan negativen učinek na zdravje ljudi, prav tako pa škodljivo vpliva na živali. Kljub opozorilom…
By George Dvorsky 22 November 2017 (Gizmodo) – To reduce energy consumption, many jurisdictions around the world are…
L'inquinamento luminoso è in aumento costante e gli effetti su ambiente, animali e salute sono drammatici. In base ai calcoli…
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If you're thinking that it seems a little less dark at night these days … well, you might not be imagining things. According to…
Instead of consuming less, we're consuming more.
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By Doyle Rice22 November 2017 (USA Today) – For most of humanity’s history, the night has meant darkness. That’s no longer the…
Earth is losing its darkness. A new study using satellite data finds that artificially lit surfaces around the world are…
Cinq ans de suivi satellitaire de notre planète montrent qu'il y a de plus en plus d'éclairages artificiels durant la nuit et…
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took this image of southern Scandinavia lit up at night. A green aurora is…