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The death of night

FEB 20, 2009

DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.023078

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Spiegel Online : In the era of 24/7 artificial light, real darkness is hard to find. But not only stargazers are affected -- light pollution also threatens animals and even entire ecosystems.

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