How Bengaluru's blinding artificial lights are disturbing nature's processes and affecting species
Twelve-year-old Sarah vividly remembers the first stargazing trip her parents took her to, about 70-km from Bengaluru, just for a glimpse of the comet Neowise. “When I was young, my parents would scoff at the idea of going this far just to look at the sky,” her father, who proposed this outing, said. “Living in a city has snatched away such simple pleasures, and I had to make that effort for my little astronomer!” Stargazers are not the only ones losing out due to the city’s lights. Studies all over the world have shown that long-term exposure to bright artificial lights can affect ...
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