Light pollution: India losing its night at over 3 times world average

This 'loss of night' poses a significant health risk to humanity and is impinging on the habitat of nocturnal animals

Light pollution is gradually encroaching upon more of the Earth’s surface with the annual growth of such newly lit areas pegged at 2.2%, according to a new study published in the journal Science Advances.

Light pollution is an outcome of the excessive use of artificial light at night. This “loss of night”, as Christopher Kyba, 39, a Canadian-born physicist and the lead researcher of the study calls it, poses a significant health risk to humanity and is impinging on the habitat of nocturnal animals. 

India is losing its