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1. darksky.org › news › artificial-light-at-night-stateArtificial Light at Night: State of the Science 2024

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   Jun 4, 2024 · Its papers “investigate light pollution ecology at various environments and scales, from single processes to whole communities, to better understand the relationship between light pollution, ecological balance, and human influence.” Clearly light pollution research is coming into its own as a field of scientific investigation.

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3. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleUnderstanding light pollution: Recent advances on its health ...

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   May 1, 2023 · After basic introduction of light pollution, we summarized the latest updates in uncovering the links between light pollution and highly concerned health effects (e.g. cancer, obesity, and mental disorders) and relevant toxicological mechanisms.

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5. www.nature.com › articles › s43017/024/00555-9Monitoring, trends and impacts of light pollution | Nature ...

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   May 23, 2024 · Abstract. Light pollution has increased globally, with 80% of the total population now living under light-polluted skies. In this Review, we elucidate the scope and importance of light...

6. journals.sagepub.com › doi › fullLight pollution: A review of the scientific literature

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   Nov 18, 2021 · Light pollution is the consequence of elevated lighting emitted by human-made artefacts to the lower atmosphere. Recently, there have been major advances in the assessment and mitigation of light pollution impacts on humans and the natural ecosystems.

   • Author: Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, Stephan Seeling, Manuel K. Seeger, Johannes B. Ries

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7. www.iau.org › public › themesLight Pollution | IAU - International Astronomical Union

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   Recent research from a citizen science project shows that the issue of light pollution is only getting worse. If we, as a global society, do nothing to change our behaviour, light pollution will increase at an average rate of almost 10% each year (Kyba et al., 2023).

8. www.tandfonline.com › doi › fullLIGHT POLLUTION: a systematic review about the impacts of ...

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   Nov 28, 2022 · As industry and economy progress, human exposure to artificial light increases. Thus, the aim was to analyze the scientific evidence about the light pollution effect on human health, focusing on the main human pathologies and the types of polluting lights.

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   Is light pollution research a field of scientific investigation?

   • Clearly light pollution research is coming into its own as a field of scientific investigation. Several main points emerge from our review of 2023 papers on light pollution. For example: Although few studies have broken completely new ground, our conclusions about light pollution have grown stronger.

   Artificial Light at Night: State of the Science 2024

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   Why do we need scientific information about light pollution?

   • iStock As more people become increasingly aware of light pollution, accessible scientific information is imperative for dark sky advocates, community members, and policymakers to combat this growing environmental threat effectively.

   Artificial Light at Night: State of the Science 2024

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   What is light pollution?

   • According to International Dark-Sky Association (2022), light pollution is defined as, “the inappropriate or excessive use of artificial light that can have serious environmental consequences for humans, wildlife, and our climate”.

   Review Understanding light pollution: Recent advances on its health

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   What is the scope and importance of light pollution?

   • In this Review, we elucidate the scope and importance of light pollution and discuss techniques to monitor it. In urban areas, light emissions from sources such as street lights lead to a zenith radiance 40 times larger than that of an unpolluted night sky.

   Monitoring, trends and impacts of light pollution - Nature

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   Can humans detect light pollution?

   • To find out, a team of scientists led by light-pollution researcher Christopher Kyba of the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences in Potsdam turned to what may seem like a weirdly obvious detection method: human beings.

   Light Pollution Is Dimming Our View of the Sky, and It's Getting Worse

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   Is light pollution getting worse?

   • Recent research from a citizen science project shows that the issue of light pollution is only getting worse. If we, as a global society, do nothing to change our behaviour, light pollution will increase at an average rate of almost 10% each year (Kyba et al., 2023).

   Light Pollution | IAU - International Astronomical Union

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10. www.scientificamerican.com › article › lightLight Pollution Is Dimming Our View of the Sky, and It’s ...

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    Jan 31, 2023 · Researchers have shown that it negatively impacts many animals and plants: light pollution disrupts the migrations of birds, the delicate blossoming of flowers and even the luminous courtship...