Long-term trends of light pollution
I am happy to announce that our paper on long-term trends in light pollution has been recently published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. In the paper we present long-term (4–10 yr) trends of light pollution observed at 26 locations, ...
Recognition of the lunar rhythm under light polluted skies
Circa-monthly activity conducted by moonlight is observed in many species on Earth. However, due to the steadily increasing amount of artificial light at night, the periodicity is progressively disrupted. In a recently published paper, we investigate for the first time in ...
SQM night sky brightness measurements at 26 locations in Eastern Austria
I am glad to announce that our recent light pollution paper entitled Systematic measurements of the night sky brightness at 26 locations in Eastern Austria will be soon published in JQSRT. In the article, we show that a correlation between light pollution and air pollution ...
The artificial Skyglow above Stockholm and Why we care about it
On October 24th, 2015 I was invited to give a talk at the Swedish astronomy day ("Astronomdagarna") in Uppsala. You can find the video stream of my presentation below. I talk about the impact of light pollution on wildlife, ecosystem, human health and well-being and ...
Tagung “Besseres Licht – Alternativen zum Lichtsmog”
Am 10. September wird es im Ars Electronica Center in Linz eine vom Land OÖ organisierte Veranstaltung zum Thema Lichtverschmutzung geben. Interessante Vorträge sowie eine Podiumsdiskussion stehen am Programm. Thematisiert werden unter anderem Auswirkungen des Lichtsmogs ...
Lichtverschmutzung in Wien
Lichtverschmutzung, auch Lichtsmog genannt ist ein sehr weitläufiges und vor allem auch aktuelles Thema. Denn vielerorts werden jetzt alte Leuchtmittel auf LED-Technik umgestellt. Gut - werden die meisten sagen. Dass dies aber zu einer übermäßigen Lichterflut führen ...