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NASA’s Black Marble: Nighttime Changes on Earth Outpace What Meets the Eye

NASA’s Black Marble: Nighttime Changes on Earth Outpace What Meets the Eye

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2026, 10:02 EDT NASA’s new Black Marble snapshots reveal nights on Earth growing brighter, though not evenly. Between 2014 and 2022, global artificial nighttime light increased, but plenty of regions actually dimmed—sometimes right next to brighter spots, split by a border or coastline. (NASA Science) This is relevant now as night-light data aren’t just for dramatic space
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