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Light pollution affects 80% of population

More than 80% of the world's population lives under light-polluted skies, a study suggests.

Scientists explain in Science Advances, external how ground measurements and satellite data were used to create an atlas of a world brightened by artificial lights.

Light pollution 'affects 80% of global population' - BBC News

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