Peggy Singlemann visits astronomer Kelsey Johnson at UVA’s Morven Sustainability Lab to learn how light pollution impacts plants and wildlife. Featured on VHG episode 2507, September 2025. Virginia ...

Artificial lights at night brightened up planet Earth by 16% from 2014 to 2022, a new study using satellite images has found.

New research has revealed for the first time the full extent of how "Artificial Light At Night" (ALAN) is increasing carbon released by plants and animals across continents—without any increase in the ...

Valerie Blaine of DarkSky International will discuss the importance of darkness for plants, wildlife and humans at a free event hosted by the Wild Ones Rock River Valley Chapter, according to a ...

Artificial light is growing across the planet faster than almost any other human influence. Once limited to towns and highways, that glow now touches roughly one quarter of all land ecosystems. The ...

Nighttime light is a well-known hazard for migrating birds and sea turtles. New research suggests it may also pose risks for human health. The study finds that plants exposed to artificial light at ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Not so long ago I could easily view celestial wonders — planets, stars, nebula — within Bozeman’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As human activity spreads out over time, many of the remote areas that host observatories are becoming less remote. Light domes ...

I moved first to Asheville, and then to Flag Pond, Tennessee, a decade ago to be in an area with a large percentage of protected and roadless lands. Where I live, near Rocky Fork State Park, I can see ...

New research has revealed for the first time the full extent of how Artificial Light At Night (ALAN) is increasing carbon released by plants and animals across continents – without any increase in the ...