News tagged with light pollution
Physicist makes new high-res panorama of Milky Way
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Cobbling together 3000 individual photographs, a physicist has made a new high-resolution panoramic image of the full night sky, with the Milky Way galaxy as its centerpiece. Axel Mellinger, a professor at ...
We have a 'right to starlight,' astronomers say
Aug 15, 2009 |
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The public's "right to starlight" is steadily being eroded by urban illumination that is the bane of astronomers everywhere, the International Astronomical Union said on Friday.
To protect threatened bat species, street lights out
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Slow-flying, woodland bats -- which tend to be at greater risk from extinction than their speedier kin—really don't like the light, according to a study published online in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. Lesser ...
Light pollution offers new global measure of coral reef health
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 24, 2008 |
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We've all seen the satellite images of Earth at night--the bright blobs and shining webs that tell the story of humanity's endless sprawl.
Lighting research center develops framework for assessing light pollution
Sep 09, 2008 |
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The emergence of electric lighting at night nearly a century ago has positively affected countless aspects of human life, ranging from improved safety and security to stronger economic development. But too ...
