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Light pollution increasing around the globe, researchers say
Description: The world's nights are getting alarmingly brighter - bad news for all sorts of creatures, humans included. A research team has reported that light pollution is threatening darkness almost everywhere. Satellite observations during five Octobers show Earth's artificially lit outdoor area grew by 2 percent a year from 2012 to 2016. So did nighttime brightness. Their measurements coincide with the outdoor switch to energy-efficient and cost-saving light-emitting diodes, or LEDs. [Source: CBS News]
URL: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/light-pollution-increasing-around-globe/
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Source: CBS News
Publish Date: 11/22/2017
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