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In Defence of the Night

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Light pollution is a form of alteration of natural conditions. Besides making stars invisible, it affects the biorhythm of human beings, as well as those of animals, insects and plants.

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Caraveo, P. (2021). In Defence of the Night. In: Saving the Starry Night. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85064-7_7

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