light pollution
Earth at Night
Nighttime lighting is when the effect of humans on the environment is especially pronounced.
Germany Plans to Curb Light Pollution to Save Insects
In the latest bid to reverse the dramatic insect decline, Germany is planning on dimming its lights.
Niue Designated the First Dark Sky Nation
The Pacific island nation of Niue has made history as the first designated dark sky nation on Earth.
Urban Fish Get Less Sleep
Researchers looked at the effect of different nighttime light levels on the production of melatonin in European perch.
Interactive Map of How Nighttime Light Pollution Has Changed Around the World
The Radiance Light Trends website offers an interactive map where users can see how night light pollution has changed between 1992 to the present.
Black Marble: Nighttime Lights Data from NASA
NASA's Black Marble provides a suite of nighttime geospatial data acquired from Suomi satellite's Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite instrument.
Review | The Nocturnal City
Robert Shaw's newly published book, The Nocturnal City, is an effort to delve into the city at night which is a “very different time-space from day.”
Nighttime Illumination Continues to Grow Worldwide
A new study used remotely sensed data from an earth observation satellite to analyze the rate of increase in artificial night lights between 2012 and 2016.
How Light Pollution Affects People and the Environment
While much of the public is aware of a concept of light pollution, its ill effects and influences on society and nature are less clear to most people.
How Geospatial Technologies Are Being Used to Study Light Pollution
Spatial technologies, including remote sensing and GIS, have been used to monitor light pollution and its associated degradation effects.
Changes in Light from Space
Astronauts on the International Space Station have studied the light emissions coming from older lights and newer LED lights and have found that LED lights actually make light pollution worse.
A Case Study in Environmental GIS: Light Pollution Mapping
Geospatial consultant Marcus Hinds uses remote sensing and environmental GIS methodologies to study light pollution in the Greater Toronto Area in Canada.