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    Light pollution is the presence of any unwanted, inappropriate, or excessive artificial lighting. In a descriptive sense, the term light pollution refers...
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    pollution, plastic pollution, soil contamination, radioactive contamination, thermal pollution, light pollution, and visual pollution. Pollution has widespread...
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  • Radio spectrum pollution Polarized light pollution, the form of light pollution specific to polarized light Ecological light pollution, the effect of...
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    light pollution. Commercial and residential areas Mong Kok, Tsim Sha Tsui and Causeway Bay are found to be the most severe areas of light pollution....
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    Lighting (redirect from Artificial light)
    emissions. Light pollution is described as artificial light that is excessive or intrudes where it is not wanted. Well-designed lighting sends light only where...
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    Ecological light pollution is the effect of artificial light on individual organisms and on the structure of ecosystems as a whole. The effect that artificial...
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    high enough to have a noticeable effect. Light pollution: Because white LEDs emit more short wavelength light than sources such as high-pressure sodium...
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    Pollution in China is one aspect of the broader topic of environmental issues in China. Various forms of pollution have increased following the industrialisation...
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    appearance of sunrise and sunset. Moonlight, airglow, starlight, and light pollution dimly illuminate night. The duration of day, night, and twilight varies...
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    through the creation of intense noise and light pollution in a naturally dark and silent environment. Light pollution is another important factor that causes...
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    street lighting Lighting-up time Light pollution List of light sources Solar street light Street furniture Street light interference Chalfin, Aaron; Hansen...
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    of light pollution that burdens astronomers and others with 80% of the world's population living in areas with night time light pollution. Light pollution...
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    Firefly (redirect from Light bug)
    environmental levels of light and consequently to light pollution. A growing number of studies investigating the effects of artificial light at night on fireflies...
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    light pollution. Even a few hundred kilometers away from a metropolitan area where the sky can appear to be very dark, it is still the residual light...
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    search for partners. A 2014 study highlighted that minimal levels of light pollution can disrupt the mating behaviors of male L. noctiluca, as they struggle...
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    cleaning process, but is also a health hazard. For placements where light pollution is of prime importance (for example, the parking lot of an observatory)...
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    which will help reveal sources of PFAS to Bald Head Island's water. Light pollution affects sea turtles and their natural processes. From May 1 to October...
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    (marketing) Eyesore Light pollution Noise pollution Cidade Limpa Nawaz, Raheel; Wakil, Khydija (13 October 2022). Visual Pollution: Concepts, Practices...
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    traced to distinct, sometimes overlapping areas: light pollution and spatial disturbance. Light pollution is a major issue for nocturnal species, and the...
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  • The dark-sky movement is a campaign to reduce light pollution. The advantages of reducing light pollution include an increased number of stars visible...
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    to make them more visible against the sky. In some countries where light pollution is a concern, tower heights may be restricted so as to reduce or eliminate...
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    Light pollution is the presence of unwanted artificial light that brightens the night sky. Improperly shielded lights are the source of many of the issues...
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    Bortle scale (category Light pollution)
    observability of celestial objects and the interference caused by light pollution. Amateur astronomer John E. Bortle created the scale and published...
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    VLT. Many concerns regarding effects on the VLT have been raised. Light pollution over the VLT could increase by 35%, turbulence caused by wind turbines...
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    avoid light pollution of Earth's sky, among other reasons, many telescopes are put outside of the Earth's atmosphere, where not only light pollution, but...
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    from light pollution. Over the past decade, the closure of the San Nicolas refinery has enabled the recovery of flora and fauna, while reducing light pollution...
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    Arc lamp (redirect from Carbon arc light)
    has media related to Arc lamp. "UNILAM Super High Pressure Short Arc Lamp" Moonlight towers: light pollution in the 1800s, article in Low-tech Magazine...
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    synthetic aperture radar). Streaks from satellite flare are a form of light pollution that can negatively affect ground-based astronomy, stargazing, and...
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    by AES Andes, with 1,000 light sources installed just five km from the southern part of the CTAO, threatens to increase light pollution at the location by 55%...
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    of light waves that describes the orientation of their oscillations. Polarized light pollution is a subset of the various forms of light pollution referring...
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