Artificial light alters natural regimes of night-time sky brightness
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Artificial light alters natural regimes of night-time sky brightness
Artificial light is globally one of the most widely distributed forms of anthropogenic pollution. However, while both the nature and ecological effects of direct artificial lighting are increasingly well documented, those of artificial sky glow have received little attention.We investigated how city lights alter natural regimes of lunar sky brightness using a novel ten month time series of meas...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific Reports
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/srep01722