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State of the Art: The Earth Is Getting Brighter. But Not Everywhere.

By David Schonauer   Thursday April 30, 2026

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Earth continues to get brighter every year, scientists have found: Nasa-funded researchers at the University of Connecticut studied more than 1.1 million satellite images taken over a nine-year period to establish that the planet’s artificial light increased by a net 16% between 2014 and 2022. 

The figure is …


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