The loss of dark skies is so painful, astronomers coined a new term for it
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Re: The loss of dark skies is so painful, astronomers coined a new term for it
#2"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'"
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#3The term is "noctalgia" for those who don't want to feed the clickbait
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#5The term is "noctalgia" for those who don't want to feed the clickbait
Thank you.
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every issue is made up; just as all words are - by us wee humans
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Sensory pollution is just as bad as physical pollution, probably even worse. You can get people behind picking up litter and not burning tires.
But it's impossible to make them understand how miserable it is being exposed to a constant drone of noise or the light that comes in through your blackout curtains at night.
Usually you're told to get over it. Would you tell someone to get over coughing fits from someone blowing black smoke from their chimney?
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I can't decide if you understand the impact of light pollution and don't believe it matters, or if you don't know the impact of light pollution and so don't understand why it matters.
If you understand the problem and don't believe it matters then I have nothing else to add. I respect your choice of belief.
Otherwise: light pollution disrupts wildlife, impacts human health, wastes money and energy, contributes to climate change, and blocks our view of the universe - this last one being something humanity has enjoyed for thousands of years.
It's possible these are not topics that concern you - that is entirely your option - but it does concern other humans who quite enjoy the night sky and would love to pass it onto the next generations better than it is now.
If you'd like to know more, here's some good resources: https://www.darksky.org/ https://www.darkskiesmatter.org.uk/
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Re: The loss of dark skies is so painful, astronomers coined a new term for it
#9I do think it is kind of crazy when I am out late in the city and still see lots of lights on in office towers everywhere. I refuse to believe that many of them are actually occupied at that time and it seems like a waste of electricity and also damaging to the ability to see stars.
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Sensory pollution is just as bad as physical pollution, probably even worse. You can get people behind picking up litter and not burning tires. But it's impossible to make them understand how miserable it is being exposed to a constant drone of noise or the light that comes in through your blackout curtains at night. Usually you're told to get over it. Would you tell someone to get over coughing fits from someone blo…
To be clear, even though this article is about visibility for astronomers, you are saying that light coming through your 'black out curtains' is the same as black smoke from burning tires coming into your house?