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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: admin on June 13, 2016, 11:05:13 pm

Title: The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness
Post by: admin on June 13, 2016, 11:05:13 pm
"This atlas shows that more than 80% of the world and more than 99% of the U.S. and European populations live under light-polluted skies."

Read the full paper with maps The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness (http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/advances/2/6/e1600377.full.pdf).

by Fabio Falchi, Pierantonio Cinzano, Dan Duriscoe, Christopher C. M. Kyba, Christopher D. Elvidge, Kimberly Baugh, Boris A. Portnov, Nataliya A. Rybnikova, Riccardo Furgoni
Title: Re: The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness
Post by: admin on July 17, 2016, 12:43:01 pm
And now, the atlas is in book format ...

A new book about light pollution around the world is now available. Fabio Falchi has done a tremendous amount on it, and many SQM users participated and provided their readings to help produce this book.

Here is a description of the book:
  The Light Pollution World Atlas is the most powerful tool to raise awareness the impact of this form of pollution around the world. The new version marks a major breakthrough in enabling people, governments, local authorities, researchers and industry to address this global challenge. After fifteen years, the second Light Pollution World Atlas shows a significant increase of artificial sky brightness across time and continents. We are facing the deterioration of a legacy with strong cultural, scientific, environmental, healthy and aesthetic repercussions. The time to act is now.

The book is available here:
  https://www.createspace.com/6182962
 
  https://www.amazon.com/World-Atlas-Light-Pollution/dp/1534642560