Light Pollution So Bad, 80 Percent of Americans Can’t See Milky Way Anymore

Light Pollution So Bad, 80 Percent of Americans Can’t See Milky Way Anymore
Map of North America’s artificial sky brightness. Fabio Falchi et al./Science Advances
Petr Svab
Petr Svab
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Light pollution blankets America so extensively, almost four out of five can’t see the Milky Way at night from where they live.

And the United States is not even in the top 20 of the most light-polluted countries, according to a new global atlas of light pollution, recently published in the Science Advances journal.

World map of artificial sky brightness. (Fabio Falchi et al./Science Advances)
World map of artificial sky brightness. Fabio Falchi et al./Science Advances
Petr Svab
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Petr Svab is a reporter covering New York. Previously, he covered national topics including politics, economy, education, and law enforcement.
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