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Loss of the night: Light pollution rising rapidly on a global scale

Nov 27, 2017 | Dark Skies

Artificial lighting at night is contributing to an alarming increase in light pollution, both in amount and in brightness, affecting places all over the world, a new study has found. Some regions have showed a steady increase in light pollution aligned with economic...

Light pollution is stealing your view of the stars. National parks want to give it back

Oct 30, 2017 | Dark Skies

More than half of Americans no longer can see the Milky Way Denver Post, October 29, 2017 Darkness is increasingly rare. Land managers here and at other U.S. national parks — joined by more and more towns — are trying to set themselves up as preserves by obtaining...