Arctic Ocean: climate change is flooding the remote north with light – and new species
Mapping Ignorance,
Authors: Jørgen Berge, Vice Dean for Research, Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø; Carlos Duarte, Adjunct…
Authors: Jørgen Berge, Vice Dean for Research, Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø; Carlos Duarte, Adjunct…
Jørgen Berge, University of Tromsø; Carlos Duarte, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Dorte Krause-Jensen, Aarhu…
Jørgen Berge, University of Tromsø; Carlos Duarte, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Dorte Krause-Jensen…
At that time, scientists assumed the polar night was utterly uninteresting. A dead period in which life lies dormant and the…
The Arctic is warming two to three times faster than any other place on Earth, meaning more light falls on species in the…
Fabio Falchi, ricercatore all’Istituto di scienza e tecnologia di Thiene, di fronte a una mappa dell’inquinamento luminoso sul…
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…
Read the full story in the Washington Post. There are precious few places left in the United States where you can still view a “p…
Light pollution has a been linked to a number of negative health effects, ranging from mental health conditions to obesity.
Welcome to the “lightmare.” Light pollution is often characterised as a soft issue in environmentalism. This perception needs…
What are the health and environmental effects of electric night light?Read More
Those who live in urban areas inhabit a radically different night-time reality than those living far from city lights. Gaze up…
Ce Vendredi 27 Juillet 2018, nous aurons la chance de pouvoir observer une éclipse lunaire totale en Europe. Ici vous
Ночное световое загрязнение влияет на поведение ос-наездников: при низком уровне освещенности они охотятся на тлей активнее, но п…
Light emissions aren't as heavily regulated as other types of pollution.
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The United States is poised to get its first Dark Sky Reserve under the pristine nighttime skies of central Idaho. Pending approv…
Posted in: fr.hypotheses Article co-écrit par Samuel Challéat
As countries grow richer, light pollution gets worse–but some are fighting to change that
The composite shot could one day help scientists make the most of the night sky
Sex is all about timing. Especially for flowering plants, which usually flower only for limited periods in response to various…
Posté dans fr.hypotheses« The first world atlas of the artificial night sky brightness » publié en 2001 par Pierantonio Cinz...
Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics
http://arxiv.org/abs/1609.01041 Artificial lights raise night sky luminance, creating the most visible effect of light…
Vår värld blir hela tiden ljusare. Det kanske låter positivt, men det är det inte. Om man inte lider av extrem mörkrädsla. Om…
More than one-third of the world is now unable to see the Milky Way, even on clear nights, according to scientists who have…
Welcome to the Altmetric High Five for June! On a monthly basis, my High Five posts examine a selection of the most popular…
<p>La contaminación lumínica afecta a la mayor parte de la población mundial. Además de…
One-third of humanity can no longer see the Milky Way. This number goes up dramatically in more developed countries as well…
With the invention of artificial light, we could overcome the darkness of night, but has it overcome our connection to the stars?
Only 1 in 5 people in North America live in a place where they can see the Milky Way. That’s the staggering finding of a new…
La colpa è della luce artificiale. E l'Italia è uno dei Paesi con il più alto livello di inquinamento luminoso in assoluto.Contin…
ENVIRONMENT A new sky atlas reveals the worsening state of light pollution. (Nat Geo News) Use our resources to learn a little…
Un tercio de la humanidad ya no puede ver la Vía Láctea, ese río brillante de estrellas que ha dominado el cielo nocturno y la…
One-third of the world cannot see the Milky Way — why that…
Lola Gayle, STEAM…
People around the world are losing the night sky. According to a new atlas of light pollution detailed in the journal Science…
We can see a few distant galaxies in the night sky with our own eyes, but one that’s increasingly difficult to see is, sadly…
This view of North America as seen in Google Earth shows colored areas that denote levels of light pollution as detailed in the…
Three billion people can't see the Milky Way at all.
According to a new global survey, light-polluted skies are common in much of the world.
Light pollution over Joshua Tree National Park in California. (Dan Duriscoe/NPS)Where should you travel if you want killer…
Scientists describe ‘cultural loss of unprecedented magnitude’ as global atlas reveals extent of light pollution in the world’s…
Un nuevo atlas del cielo nocturno indica que un 80% de la población mundial vive bajo cielos contaminados lumínicamente y que…
While laughter has been shown not to be an entirely human trait, but a behavior shared by all great apes which can be traced…
El futuro de la ley de Moore son los memristores, dispositivos nanotecnológicos que ahora permiten desarrollar memorias flash…