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...its our currency so lets start with the paper:

Accepted just Thu its available online already today

doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsr…

Zoltán Kolláth identified Sölktäler Naturpark (village of Mößna) in Austria as one of the best dark sky sites in Europe

all-sky images below

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we trace the changes in the natural color spectrum of the night sky with spectral radiance measurements

Sölktal has a broad continuum and the natural lines but hardly any spectral features of LEDs or conventional lighting technology - which Zselic has

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Zselic was one of the two first @IDADarkSky parks in Europe and it has amazing skies and really nice infrastructure

visitors centre with planetarium
observation spots
panoramic tower

zselicicsillagpark.hu/en.php

see also:

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Have LED lights reduced #LightPollution, or have things gotten worse because of blue light emissions? We have the answer, and it's not good news...

🧵 below, full methodology and results new in @sciencemagazine: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… #ScienceResearch
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Before I tell you what we did, I want you to understand why this is important. Skyglow is a visible symbol of our failure to transition to a sustainable society.

In addition, if skyglow is growing, then all of the ecological impacts of #LightPollution are probably too. (2/) Image showing sky brightness 60 km South of Berlin (left) an
So what did we do? It all starts with the #CitizenScience project Globe at Night (GaN), which you've probably seen me boosting before. In GaN, participants select which of a set of star charts most closely matches the sky they see. (3/) Globe at Night star maps
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Light Pollution - a thread.
Today will see members of the House of Lords debate an amendment to the #EnvironmentBill that would require national targets on reducing #LightPollution. Read the thread below for just some of the reasons why targets are needed. 1/
📷William Warby
Invertebrates
#LightPollution impacts invertebrates at all stages of their lives. Areas lit by streetlights have 50% less caterpillars. One third of insects attracted to lights die as a result. And nocturnal pollinator visits are reduced by over 60%. buglife.org.uk/campaigns/ligh… 2/
Mammals
Hedgehogs avoid lighting, restricting their movement. #LightPollution causes many problems for bats, disrupting their roost, feeding and navigation. 3/
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Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 04/29/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/04/29/dai…
What life conditions drove you to work for societal and cultural transformation?

campus-coevolve.org/what-life-cond…

#transformation #society #culture #biography #LifeConditions
Large-scale origami locks into place under pressure

nature.com/articles/d4158…

#LargeScale #OrigamiDesign #FacilityStructures
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About a year ago we had the 1st #covidlockdown in Germany

I'm the stay-home homeschooling dad - my wife is a medical doctor

But I could work @ night which I do often anyway

I did measure the night sky brightness and found it had decreased compared to before lockdown (1/12)
so in March 2017 it was less bright than in 2020 (see figure for zenith brightness)

this is surprising because we would expect light emission and #lightpollution to increase like shown in the paper we co-authored with @skyglowberlin and others

advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/11/e…

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using night-time light satellite time series data (VIIRS DNB) we saw an increase in most major towns along the route we measured

you can check such data with @skyglowberlin tool:

lighttrends.lightpollutionmap.info

this was what we eexpected (3/12)
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Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 03/24/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/03/24/dai…
The COVID-19 response illustrates that traditional academic reward structures and metrics do not reflect crucial contributions to modern science

journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

#rewards #metrics #ScientificContributions
The Years of Work Behind Washington’s Best-Liked Man

nytimes.com/2021/03/23/opi…

#TheFed #leadership #biography #OpEd
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#InPlainSight!
#APlenaVista! [Español en el 🧵]

Interactive #LightPollution Map (lightpollutionmap.info) allows us to track the amount of light every year captured by satellites.

Maps are created using average monthly light emissions.

2 shocking finds in #Ecuador

1/ [Eng] World map showing the light...
#OverFishing is a highly debated topic.
What happens in #OpenWaters is difficult to monitor.
Yet, here you clearly see the #LightPollution (likely many⛴️) JUST outside the #TerritorialWaters of #Ecuador and #Peru in 2019

Just a reminder: THESE ARE MONTHLY AVERAGES!

2/ [Eng] Picture showing the light p...
Here is a compilation GIF from 2012 through June 2020

#OverFishing

3/ [Eng]
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New paper about COVID-19 effects in #lightpollution
mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/2… Leaded by Maximo Bustamante @iaa_csic with the participation of @cefalopodo @KevinJGaston @jvm22811194 @AliciaPelegrina @jon_bennie and myself. Theard:👇 Image
This is the first article produced with the SQM with filters of the Sky Quality Office of the @iaa_csic iaa.csic.es/page/starlight
The most important things are:
* Light pollution can be used to trace economic activity drop because of COVID-19
* Several limitations on current satellite, mainly because of their flyby time and lack of spectral sensitivity.
*That can be solved with ground sky brighntess sensors
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We’ve just published the coolest experiment I’ve done in years: doi.org/10.1177/147715…

Want to know why the brightness of this city is different in these two satellite images? Read the thread 👇🏾
First some background: I study artificial light in the outdoor environment. I'm interested in where it comes from, where it goes, what impact it has, and what we can do about #LightPollution.
The night face of Earth is radically different from when life evolved. In proportional terms, it's one of the most dramatic physical changes humans have made to the environment. Image
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