Light pollution

How does light pollution affect astronomy and our life in general? Find out why light pollution is bad and how you can reduce it.

Why light pollution may be linked to greater risk of Alzheimer’s disease

Instead of consuming less, we're consuming more.

Address light pollution with responsible outdoor lighting practices. Effective strategies to minimize its impact on nighttime environment.

Light Pollution

Over the years, there have been a number of strange and audacious projects to send shiny objects into space, designed to remain visible from Earth like the International Space Station but on a much grander scale (and with more commercial motivations). In the 1980s, the Celestis Corporation began launching human cremains into orbit, including the ashes

Exposure to artificial light at night can causes at least one species of fish to behave more courageously during the day, and that could put them in danger

Light Pollution, Earth Day Flat Illustration designed by Taslema Sultana. Connect with them on Dribbble; the global community for designers and creative professionals.

A infographic that shows the effects of light pollution on the wildlife.

When was the last time you witnessed a clear, starry night sky, not disrupted by smog, airplanes and floodlights? If you are a city-dweller like most of us, then perhaps, you are still lost in thought. The chemical trash that is dumped into the atmosphere on a regular basis, a purple sky with a pink moon is just a dream. Setting the poetry aside, light pollution is a bane on the urban life, which impacts not just human life but also wildlife and energy resources. Light pollution is a…