For their investigation, the researchers analyzed light pollution maps of the United States. They compared this data with medical records of millions of people, dividing regions based on nighttime ...
University of Sheffield provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Light pollution is a growing issue. Over the past 25 years, artificial lighting has surged by 49% worldwide.
To conduct their study, the researchers used Medicare records from between 2012 and 2018, alongside satellite-collected light pollution maps from Nasa to examine whether there was a link between ...