Editing Light pollution (section)

=== Noctalgia ===
Noctalgia is the feeling of loss of access to seeing a starry [[night sky]]. This also includes the feeling of "sky grief", where people no longer have the ability to look at the stars, something that has been done for most of human existence.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Sutter |first1=Paul |author2=Space.com |date=2023-09-26 |title=The Loss of Dark Skies Is So Painful, Astronomers Coined a New Term for It |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-loss-of-dark-skies-is-so-painful-astronomers-coined-a-new-term-for-it1/ |access-date=2023-10-20 |magazine=[[Scientific American]] |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023194331/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-loss-of-dark-skies-is-so-painful-astronomers-coined-a-new-term-for-it1/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The phenomenon also includes the grief over not being able to have the sense of awe and wonder that humans often experience when stargazing.

Coined by Aprana Venkatesan of the University of San Francisco and John Barentine, an astronomer, the term first appeared in August 2023 as a response to an article on the effects of light pollution published in the journal [[Science (journal)|Science]].<ref name="Noctalgia eLetter">{{Cite journal |last1=Venkatesan |first1=Aprana |last2=Barentine |first2=John |date=2023-08-27 |title=Noctalgia (sky grief): Our Brightening Night Skies and Loss of Environment for Astronomy and Sky Traditions |url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi4552 |access-date=2023-10-22 |journal=Science ELetters |volume=380 |issue=6650 |pages=1116–1117 |doi=10.1126/science.adi4552 |pmid=37319220 |language=en |arxiv=2308.14685 |bibcode=2023Sci...380.1116S |archive-date=2023-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022060452/https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi4552 |url-status=live }}<!-- As of 2023-10-22, scroll down to the eLetters section for the source in question; no direct URL or anchor found other than the arXiv one. --></ref> Venkatesan and Barentine presented an all-encompassing definition that includes the loss of cultural identity and practices, such as [[storytelling]] and [[stargazing]], as well as ancient knowledge such as [[celestial navigation]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-04 |title=Sky grief |website=Borneo Bulletin Online |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/sky-grief/ |access-date=2023-10-20 |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023194332/https://borneobulletin.com.bn/sky-grief/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The authors argued that the night sky deserves a global protection scheme as an important part of the global heritage.<ref name="Noctalgia eLetter" />