Light Pollution Responses and Remedies /

• Main Author: Mizon, Bob (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2012.
• Series: Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series,
• Subjects: Physics.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.

Light pollution is a major threat to astronomy across the entire developed world. The night sky that most of us can see bears little relationship to the spectacular vistas that our ancestors have gazed at for tens of thousands of years. It is ironic that as our understanding of the universe has impr...