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Mar 17, 2022 · March 17, 2022 at 7:00 am. The first global atlas of ocean light pollution shows that large swaths of the sea are squinting in the glare of humans’ artificial lights at night. From urbanized ...
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Mar 1, 2022 · Bathed in a Sea of Artificial Light. Ecologists and biologists have long recognized that artificial light at night can have adverse effects on the health of humans and terrestrial wildlife, including disrupted sleep patterns, feeding schedules, and reproductive cycles. A growing body of research is showing that marine life is also sensitive to ...
Sep 19, 2024 · It’s a case of making sure that we get light pollution integrated into the international and national policy frameworks in the same way that noise pollution has been over the last 10 years.
Apr 27, 2022 · Areas with heavy offshore development, like the Persian Gulf (upper right), have lots of light pollution. Light pollution near Jeddah, on the western coast of Saudi Arabia (at left), also extends deep into the waters of the Red Sea. Joshua Stevens, T.J. Smyth et al/Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 2021
Sep 18, 2024 · Daniel Cressey. September 18, 2024. For years the world has largely ignored an insidious pollutant humanity has been carelessly throwing into the ocean: light. Newly hatched turtles can be sent off course by the glow of nearby beachfront restaurants, taking them away from the sea and to their deaths. Scientists have shown that marine birds can ...
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Mar 2, 2022 · A new global atlas extends measurements of nighttime lights to the sea, revealing marine ecosystems affected by light pollution. Ecologists and biologists have long recognized that artificial light at night can have adverse effects on the health of humans and terrestrial wildlife, including disrupted sleep patterns, feeding schedules, and ...
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Mar 18, 2022 · Together, the two data sets estimate how nighttime light pollution above the water is absorbed beneath the surface, Sara E. Pratt reports for NASA's Earth Observatory. After analyzing the data ...