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The loss of dark skies is so painful, astronomers coined a new term for it (www.space.com)
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Given the harmful effects of light pollution, a pair of astronomers has coined a new term to help focus efforts to combat it. Their term, as reported in a brief paper in the preprint database arXiv and a letter to the journal Science, is "noctalgia." In general, it means "sky grief," and it captures the collective pain we are experiencing as we continue to lose access to the night sky.

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[–] BURN@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TBH if I’m out at night I’d much prefer it to be bright and lit up in the city. If the city is dark and quiet at night it feels more unsafe to residents.

Not saying it’s right, but it makes sense

[–] pgp@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The city can be lit and bright and keep the light pollution to a low. If only street lights were on, and these were directed towards the ground.

[–] Poggervania@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

Additionally, you’d use a different kind of light for street lights. On the island of Hawaii, that island specifically has a light pollution law that mandates all street lights have to use an orange light bulb, and they can only be in certain places. It’s amazing because you can see so many stars in the night sky.

If city lights are gonna be on 24/7, we should start to see if we can get traction for reduced brightness and installing less light polluting lights.