Researchers have reported that a third of humanity can no longer see the lustrous Milky Way center when they peer up at night towards the stars.
据研究人员报告,三分之一人口将无法看到夜空中闪烁的银河。
Published in Science Advances, the study found that nearly 80-percent of North Americans and 60-percent of Europeans no longer see the galactic core at night.
这项刊登在《科学进展》上的研究表明,近80%的北美人口,60%的欧洲人口将与银河无缘。
That river of celestial bodies represents the visual phenomena which led to the galaxy's moniker, the Milky Way.
大量恒星产生了“河流”这一视觉效果,我们称它为“银河”。
Using a combination of orbital and ground observations, the research team assembled a global atlas of artificial light sources.
根据轨道和地面观察,研究小组制成了全球光污染评估地图集。
They also found that nearly 4 in five people worldwide live under light-polluted skies.
发现全球近五分之四人口生活在光污染下。
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