Vanishing Night: Light Pollution Grows 10% a Year as Cities Forget True Darkness
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The night sky is getting 10 percent brighter every year. Eighty percent of people live under light-polluted skies. And while the United Nations has declared a healthy environment – clean air, clean water – a human right, some argue that the right to darkness should also be declared.
Vanishing Night: Light Pollution Grows 10% a Year as Cities Forget True Darkness
When was the last time you saw a truly dark sky? For many city dwellers, the answer might be "never" — or at least not in recent memory. Street lights, porch lamps, and parking lot floodlights have become so pervasive that genuine darkness has become a rare experience, even inside our own homes where curtains
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True darkness is becoming increasingly elusive, writes the British newspaper The Guardian with a hint of romanticism. As cities expand and artificial lighting proliferates, night is gradually losing one of its most basic characteristics – its darkness. According to data cited by the publication, the brightness of the night sky is increasing by
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