Awareness of light pollution is spreading, but with changing lighting technologies, emissions are shifting to wavelengths our current measuring devices cannot assess well. Community involvement is essential to evaluate changes in sky brightness.
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Kyba, C.C.M. Is light pollution getting better or worse?. Nat Astron 2, 267–269 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-018-0402-7
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