#n don't get me started on the effects of circadian rhythms in insects n birds n turtles n humans for that matter

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"GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences physicist Christopher Kyba and colleagues found that the night sky has brightened by roughly 7 to 10 percent every year, from 2011 to 2022.

That's equivalent to the night sky doubling in brightness in fewer than eight years or more than quadrupling in 18 years. The researchers estimate that a child born under a night sky with 250 visible stars would see fewer than 100 stars in that same patch of darkness by the time they finish school."

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(Bonus: if you hate Elon Musk, the IDA is suing SpaceX for launching their stupid gazillion satellites that were providing internet for Ukraine which he threatened to pull support for because it was 'too expensive' ($80 million) despite buying Twitter for $44 billion.)

#imagine if half the stars you saw as a kid were gone by the time you got out of high school #actually MORE than half #if that doesn't make you want to cry or punch something there is something wrong with you #im so depressed abt light pollution it's unbelievable #and not to be like it's leds fault but it literally is like they talk abt it in the article #just another reason for those stupid headlights and blindingly bright fucking signs to be turned off at night #idk there's sm to do to mitigate it #like streetlights don't need to be as bright as the sun #n don't get me started on the effects of circadian rhythms in insects n birds n turtles n humans for that matter #the truth is out there #light pollution #astronomy #science #elon musk