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Light pollution poses serious threat to astronomy, study says

Astronomers are again warning that increasing light pollution is destroying the pristine night sky. But this time, their concerns extend beyond their core areas of expertise.

“We astronomers are like canaries in a coal mine,” James Lowenthal, an astronomy professor at Smith College in Massachusetts, said last week at the American Astronomical Society (AAS) conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. . “Virtually all species being studied are adversely affected [by light pollution]. ”

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