Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our ...
New study looks at utilities and other energy efficiency programs to incentivize exterior lighting products that satisfy the DLC’s LUNA Technical Requirements. LUNA-qualified products are designed to ...
RICHMOND — Lawmakers unanimously supported a resolution that encouraged Virginians to “ponder the cosmic eons beyond” and consider the impact of increased light pollution. Del. David Reid, D-Loudoun, ...
When a 1994 earthquake knocked out power across Los Angeles, thousands of anxious residents called local emergency services to report a strange, silvery cloud stretching across the darkened sky. What ...
Tonight look in the sky for the Milky Way. If it’s clear but you don’t see it, that’s because outdoor lighting, shining up in the sky rather than on the ground where we need it, creates human caused ...
Artificial light, while beneficial to humans, has disrupted the natural day-night cycle and created light pollution, negatively affecting wildlife. Humans also suffer from light pollution, ...
For most of human history, the only light we could generate came from flames. That meant there was a clear distinction between what could be done during the day and at night. Since the onset of ...
When millions of people turn off their lights for Earth Hour each year, something remarkable happens in the night sky above cities. New research from Hong Kong published in Scientific Reports shows ...
Artificial light pollution is a lesser-known factor contributing to the decline of pollinator species. Light pollution negatively impacts nocturnal pollinators like moths and bats, disrupting their ...