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ArticleNature2026

Satellite imagery reveals increasing volatility in human night-time activity.

Tian Li, Zhuosen Wang, Christopher C M Kyba, Miguel O Román, Karen C Seto, Yun Yang, Shi Qiu, Theres Kuester, Michail Fragkias, Xiang Chen and 12 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Tian LiDepartment of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA. tianli@uconn.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2423-2589
Zhuosen WangEarth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, USA.
Christopher C M KybaInstitute of Geography, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7014-1843
Miguel O RománEarth Sciences Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3953-319X
Karen C SetoYale School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4928-2446
Yun YangSchool of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Shi QiuDepartment of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7627-708X
Theres KuesterGFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0596-5621
Michail FragkiasDepartment of Economics, College of Business and Economics, Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA.
Xiang ChenDepartment of Geography, Sustainability, Community and Urban Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5045-9253
Thomas H MeyerDepartment of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1068-6336
Chadwick D RittenhouseDepartment of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5897-0590
Xiaonan TaiDepartment of Biological Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA.
Mari CullertonDepartment of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
Falu HongDepartment of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2383-1670
Ashley GrinsteadDepartment of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
Kexin SongDepartment of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
Ji Won SuhDepartment of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6406-0024
Xiucheng YangDepartment of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5134-9614
Virginia L KalbTerrestrial Information Systems Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
Chengbin DengCenter for Spatial Analysis, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA.
Zhe ZhuDepartment of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA. zhe@uconn.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-8283-6407

Funding

NASANew Earth Observation Mission Ideas program of ESA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artificial light at night (ALAN) marks the global impact of humanity

Indexed as

Human ActivitiesSatellite ImageryCircadian RhythmDarknessEarth, PlanetHumansLightingTime Factors

Identifiers

PMID41951967
PMCPMC13061621

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