Bathed in a Sea of Artificial Light

A new global atlas extends measurements of nighttime lights to the sea, revealing marine ecosystems affected by light pollution.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Bathed in a Sea of Artificial Light.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data courtesy of Smyth, T.J., et al. (2021). Story by Sara E. Pratt.

Published March 2, 2022