GLOBE at Night

The Globe at Night program is an international citizen-science campaign to raise public awareness of the impact of light pollution by inviting citizen-scientists to measure their night sky brightness and submit their observations from a computer or smart phone. Light pollution threatens not only our “right to starlight”, but can affect energy consumption, wildlife and health. More than 100,000 measurements have been contributed from people in 115 countries during the campaigns each winter/spring over the last 9 years, making Globe at Night the most successful light pollution awareness campaign to date! (Content modified from Globe at Night website).

Project Attributes

Institutions Involved
Other Research Institution

Setting
Can be done anywhere

Participant Activities
Collect data

Timing
Ongoing

Social Configuration
Group Participation
Individual Participation