“…If trees are budding earlier, this could have a larger effect on the surrounding ecosystem. Eric Vandernoot, the lab coordinator of the Florida Atlantic University Astronomical Observatory, says light pollution alters...
The American Medical Association (AMA) encourages communities to minimize and control blue-rich environmental lighting by using the lowest emission of blue light possible to reduce glare. The AMA recommends an...
The new atlas of artificial night sky brightness indicates the increase in light pollution worldwide and the precious naturally dark areas, which need our protection! The high scientific quality measures needed...
The beautiful city Miraflores de la Sierra (50 km north of Madrid) has recently held the First Conference on Light Pollution in the Guadarrama National Park organized by the city,...
EUROPE COUNTS STARS Images from the International Space Station are now sentinels of the sky. European students light up the sky. Is viewing stars a right? Can you "turn off" the...
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is increasing worldwide by about 3-6% a year without regard to its potential impacts on humans and the environment. The increasing brightening of the nightscape...
The Globe at Night project turned 10 years old this month! Citizen scientists have contributed tens of thousands of data points over the last 10 years, which are part of www.myskyatnight.com. The...