Earth Is Getting Brighter at Night in 2026: What the New Satellite Data Shows

Earth Is Getting Brighter at Night in 2026: What the New Satellite Data Shows

Earth is still getting brighter at night, and the new data shows the story is bigger than a simple year-by-year glow-up. A new Nature study using daily satellite imagery from 2014 to 2022 found that global nighttime light brightening added radiance equal to 34% of the 2014 baseline, while dimming offset 18%, leaving a net … Read more