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Koen Hufkens, PhD<p>The dramatic state of light pollution and sky glow in Belgium (figure for some upcoming work).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lightpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lightpollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/skyglow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skyglow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a></p>
Tino Eberl<p>Künstliches <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Himmelsleuchten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Himmelsleuchten</span></a> fördert das Wachstum potenziell giftiger <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Cyanobakterien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyanobakterien</span></a> und verändert den <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Kohlenstoffkreislauf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kohlenstoffkreislauf</span></a> in Seen.</p><p>Das passiert selbst bei minimaler Beleuchtung von nur 0,06 Lux. Das zeigte eine großangelegte Studie des Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Lichtverschmutzung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lichtverschmutzung</span></a> wirkt damit weit über <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/St%C3%A4dte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Städte</span></a> hinaus und beeinflusst empfindliche <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/S%C3%BC%C3%9Fwasser%C3%B6kosysteme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Süßwasserökosysteme</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/light-pollution-stimulates-cyanobacterial-growth-and-metabolic-processes-lakes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">igb-berlin.de/en/news/light-po</span><span class="invisible">llution-stimulates-cyanobacterial-growth-and-metabolic-processes-lakes</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Skyglow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skyglow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Seenforschung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seenforschung</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Blaualgen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blaualgen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Biodiversit%C3%A4t" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversität</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/%C3%96kosysteme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ökosysteme</span></a></p>
Christopher Kyba 🇨🇦🇪🇺<p>New paper shows that moth numbers are reduced in areas with higher levels of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/skyglow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skyglow</span></a> compared to areas with lower levels of skyglow, regardless of whether one is near streetlights or not: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126068" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.</span><span class="invisible">126068</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LightPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LightPollution</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Moths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moths</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollinators</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Night" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Night</span></a></p>
Dr. John Barentine FRAS<p>It's worse than previously thought. "INNA would increase light pollution above the Very Large Telescope (VLT) by at least 35% and by more than 50% above the south site of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory." </p><p><a href="https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2506/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">eso.org/public/news/eso2506/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/CerroParanal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CerroParanal</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/ESO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESO</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/LightPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LightPollution</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Skyglow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skyglow</span></a></p>
Christopher Kyba 🇨🇦🇪🇺<p>Amazingly, in recent years, a few brave experimentalists have started to demonstrate the diffuse <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/skyglow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skyglow</span></a> really does affect the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a>. Here are a few of them. (9/17)</p>
Christopher Kyba 🇨🇦🇪🇺<p>We know that when artificial light shines directly from a light source onto living things at night, it affects their behavior and physiology. But what about the diffuse glow of the night sky, does that affect the environment?</p><p>Turns out it does. Read more in this brief thread 🧵 </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Skyglow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skyglow</span></a> image by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://vis.social/@andreas_jechow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>andreas_jechow</span></a></span> (1/17)</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LightPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LightPollution</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a></p>
Dr. John Barentine FRAS<p>"We quantified global artificial illuminance caused by <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/skyglow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skyglow</span></a>, finding that skyglow artificially doubled illuminance of new moon conditions—a critical phase for biological processes."</p><p><a href="https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.2832" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">esajournals.onlinelibrary.wile</span><span class="invisible">y.com/doi/10.1002/fee.2832</span></a></p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Animals</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecology</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/ALAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALAN</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/LightPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LightPollution</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Darkness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Darkness</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biology</span></a></p>
Elias Probst<p>For some reason, 5 street lamps in our street died within the last few weeks. </p><p>They're usually repaired within a few days after reporting it, but I won't...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LightPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LightPollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Skyglow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skyglow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarkSkies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkSkies</span></a></p>
Dr. John Barentine FRAS<p>From the Editorial Board of the Washington Post: "Light pollution is also disrupting our health and natural ecosystems. But there are a few things people can do to help, and they might even save money, too."</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2024/light-pollution-health-problems-birds-pollinators/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/opinions/in</span><span class="invisible">teractive/2024/light-pollution-health-problems-birds-pollinators/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/LightPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LightPollution</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Skyglow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skyglow</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/DarkSkies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkSkies</span></a></p>
Christopher Kyba<p>Some good news from Zagreb - the sky has gotten darker during 2018-2022 🎉 </p><p>Satellite data has a consistent small reduction in radiance.</p><p><a href="https://doi.org/10.15233/gfz.2024.41.1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.15233/gfz.2024.41.1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://vis.social/tags/LightPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LightPollution</span></a> <br><a href="https://vis.social/tags/Skyglow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skyglow</span></a></p>
Dr. John Barentine FRAS<p>Observations at Mt. Stromlo, Australia, find a measurable decrease in night sky brightness attributed to dimming of streetlights in Canberra. "[F]or every 10 per cent the lights are dimmed, it's about a 5 per cent change in the glow of the sky."</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-22/canberra-adaptive-lighting-project-reduces-pollution/104252082" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2024-08-22/can</span><span class="invisible">berra-adaptive-lighting-project-reduces-pollution/104252082</span></a></p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/LightPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LightPollution</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/DarkSkies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkSkies</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Skyglow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skyglow</span></a></p>
Christopher Kyba<p>The call for bids to host <a href="https://vis.social/tags/ALAN2027" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALAN2027</span></a> just went out: <a href="https://artificiallightatnight.weebly.com/call-for-bids-to-host-alan-2027.html?sender_campaign=dPADGy&amp;sender_ctype=email&amp;sender_customer=WLxRPmo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">artificiallightatnight.weebly.</span><span class="invisible">com/call-for-bids-to-host-alan-2027.html?sender_campaign=dPADGy&amp;sender_ctype=email&amp;sender_customer=WLxRPmo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://vis.social/tags/LightPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LightPollution</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecology</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/RemoteSensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RemoteSensing</span></a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/Skyglow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skyglow</span></a></p>
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