Tag Archive for 'Light pollution'

The painted bunting (Passerina ciris) in Freeport, Texas, the United States. Image credit: Dan Pancamo / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Study: Resident Songbird Eye Size Varies with Urban Light Pollution Levels

Sep 20, 2023 by News Staff

Urbanization now exposes large portions of the Earth to sources of anthropogenic disturbance, driving rapid environmental change and producing novel environments....

A female glow-worm (Lampyris noctiluca) will shine for hours to attract her mate, yet brightening skies will dim her prospects. Image credit: Jason Steel, www.jason-steel.co.uk.

Fireflies under Threat of Extinction because of Habitat Loss, Pesticides, Artificial Light, Report Says

Feb 7, 2020 by News Staff

An international team of entomologists has conducted a survey of experts from diverse geographic regions to identify the most prominent perceived threats...

This image of the continental United States at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October 2012. The image was made possible by the satellite's ‘day-night band’ of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), which detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to near-infrared and uses filtering techniques to observe dim signals such as city lights, gas flares, auroras, wildfires and reflected moonlight. Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory / NOAA NGDC.

Researchers Develop New Global Atlas of Light Pollution

Jun 10, 2016 by News Staff

More than 80 percent of the world and more than 99 percent of the U.S. and European populations live under light-polluted skies, according to a study and...