- A study has found the Earth’s artificially illuminated area had grown by 2.2% per year, a rate that does not appear to be slowing. The share of that lit land that is constantly illuminated—with the nighttime lights never going off also increased 2.2% per year. http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/11/e1701528 3 comments science
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