Sadly, 60% of the world's population has already lost access to the night sky thanks to light pollution. Across Europe and the U.S., that number climbs to nearer 80%. A team of researchers wants ...

The research team used publicly-available nighttime light pollution maps and medical data from Medicare in the lower 48 states and compared the light intensity figures with the rates of Alzheimer’s ...

“You have light pollution in urbanised areas where you may also have a nutrient pollution problem,” says Hans-Peter Grossart at the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries ...

Many Philadelphians consider the artificial light illuminating our environment at night and blinding our vision of the night sky to be an inevitable result of our modern society and economy.