Latest posts tagged with #lightpollution on Bluesky
"Waves of incredible birds"- yes! Now's the time, okay it's always the time but especially now, reduce #lightpollution all around our homes, apartments, offices, schools. We can help these migrating #birds. #birding #nature
This week's Nature cover: An image of the Earth at night with the words "Light Show - Satellite imagery reveals volatile footprint of human nocturnal activity"
A paper that I co-authored was just published (#OpenAccess) a few minutes ago in Nature 🎉 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10260-w
Here's a short thread about what we did and what we learned 👇
#LightPollution #Energy #ALAN #RemoteSensing […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
Streetlights are not the main source of light pollution.
Billboards are.
Digital ads send blue-rich light into the sky all night, erasing stars and increasing skyglow.
Advertising should not outshine the night.
darkskytexas.org/billboards-l...
#DarkSkyTexas #LightPollution
Scientists warn of potential disruptions to sleep, ecosystems from proposed space mirror constellation
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
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#spacemirrors #lightpollution #circadiandisruption
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If you care about Indigenous rights, #climatechange, fossil fuels, star knowledge, and/or #lightpollution, please consider submitting a comment against this horrific proposal.
OMG, just don't! There's too much #LightPollution across the planet already!
We need more #DarkSkies.
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Businesses are losing money to light they don’t even use.
One-third of outdoor lighting is wasted.
That’s profit… disappearing into the sky.
Learn how to fix it ➡️ darkskytexas.org/light-pollut...
#EnergyWaste #DarkSkyMovement #SmartBusiness #LightPollution #DarkSkyTexas
#lightpollution
I'm assuming this photo was taken on the night side with moonshine from the nearly full moon. Notice all the city lights, even light pollution can be seen from way out.
Join @nycbirdalliance.org and fellow New Yorkers in making the City safer for migrating birds by taking our Lights Out Pledge.
Find out more and take the pledge here: nycbirdalliance.org/our-work/adv...
#ChirpUpForTheBirds #LightPollution #LightsOutPledge #SaveTheBirds #MigratingBirds
Bright lights aren’t always smart business.
They waste money, hurt communities, and damage your brand.
The fix? Better lighting, not more lighting.
Learn more ➡️ darkskytexas.org/light-pollut...
#LightPollution #DarkSkyTexas #BusinessEfficiency #Sustainability #TexasBusiness
The Dark Skies Protection Act will benefit New Yorkers too. #DarkerSkies mean energy savings, less glare, and better sleep for NYers. Far from restrictive, this is a common-sense response to #lightpollution. A darker sky is better for birds and people. Learn more: nycbirdalliance.org/our-work/adv...
In Texas and New Mexico, a new alliance between energy companies and astronomers is reducing light pollution and restoring our view of the stars.
Read the full story ➡️
darkskytexas.org/oil-gas-indu...
#LightPollution #DarkSkies #TexasOil
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"The hawksbill is the most critically endangered sea turtle on the planet, and there are many actions that would benefit them that we can take as individuals and communities."
#ClimateCrisis
#LightPollution
#FLHawksbillProject
#Arnavon
#AdoptTheBlue
#OceanConservancy
#4Oceans
#Oceana
#WWF
At 8.30pm it's #EarthHour, a time to switch off excess lighting & connect with #nature. Let's hope those near our #Oxfordshire #Cotswolds farm & planners considering development have heard about it. These lights are from just two homes. A story featured in 'This Is Not My Land'. #lightpollution
The night sky used to be a map of wonder. Now, in too many places, it’s fading to grey. #DarkSky #LightPollution #ProtectTheNight #astro
The amount to which the #TD Toronto-Dominion Bank is polluting the #Toronto sky with light is simply incredible. The full moon it is much less bright. And we need to close shutters even if the building is a few hundred metres away.
#lightpollution
Night-lit advertising banners can function as novel microhabitats for #geckos, influencing #habitat use in urban environments zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #urbanecology #reptiles #ALAN #lightpollution @elissazcameron.bsky.social @uhl-lab.bsky.social @amcell.bsky.social
A single digital billboard can use as much electricity as 37 homes.
All night. Every night.
Unlike safety lighting, these screens exist only to sell, yet they drive emissions and wasted energy.
www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/2349858...
#DarkSkyTexas #EnergyWaste #LightPollution #ClimateImpact
"Astronomy educates the public; astronomy trains a data- and technology-centred workforce; astronomy supports other sciences, providing a laboratory to physicists and a chance to investigate other worlds to biologists and geologists; astronomy inspires curiosity and art and interest in science […]
Streetlights get the blame for light pollution, but they are not the biggest culprit.
Mounted lights and billboards create far more urban skyglow.
If we want real change, we need to target the brightest sources.
#DarkSkyTexas #LightPollution #ResponsibleLighting #ProtectTheNight
Thousands of communes across France switch off public lighting in the middle of the night to save energy & reduce #lightpollution, a global problem. Think LasVegas
The argument: lights make people safer. Yet, reduced street lighting in England/Wales was not associated with significant changes in crime or with the number of road collisions. Negative effects of
#lightpollution on nature, as well as human & plant health, are unequivocal.
#Belgium is one of the most lightpolluted European countries, its skies not visible.
Many streetlights will be permanently turned off in coming months. Other ER countries are also turning off their lights in an effort to protect nature which has struggled with lack of darkness. #lightpollution
NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens , using data courtesy of Smyth, T.J., et al. (2021)
Finally we address how global change affects nocturnality
#lightpollution #climatechange #disturbance
What is the future of the nocturnal niche?
The picture book The Class with Wings by Paul Fleischman and Hannah Salyer Cameron Kids Abrams
This is an inspiring, engaging book for this time of year, when the birds return to our neighborhoods and schoolyards. #birds #birdwatching #birders #lightpollution My book recommendation: bit.ly/4sv7FaH
A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth
#Science #AI #SpaceX #Starlink #NightSky #Astronomy #Environment #SpaceDebris #LightPollution #ClimateImpact #Satellite #SpaceIndustry #EarthOrbit #Astronomers #Pollution
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See you at the end of Summer, Andromeda! #Astronomy #Astrophotography #LightPollution #northcarolina
Pink LED grow lights illuminate the night sky with silhouettes of trees in the foreground.
What's up? I like eerie things.
#Photography
#NightSky
#LightPollution
