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"Lights Drown Out Milky Way For Third Of World's Population" [1]

"CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — More than one-third of the world's population can no longer see the Milky Way because of man-made lights.

Among those missing out on awe-inspiring Milky Way views: nearly 80 percent of North Americans and 60 percent of Europeans.

These are the findings of a new global atlas of light pollution, published as part of a scientific paper Friday."

Marcia Dunn reports for the Associated Press June 10, 2016. [2]

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Source: AP [2], 06/13/2016
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/lights-drown-out-milky-way-third-worlds-population [2] http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c94f6e95b3b94798bbe65fca7269eee4/lights-drown-out-milky-way-third-worlds-population [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81