{"id":1890,"date":"2026-01-10T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/science\/?p=1890"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:23:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:23:00","slug":"editorial-on-light-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/science\/2026\/01\/10\/editorial-on-light-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial on Light Pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1890\" class=\"elementor elementor-1890\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-098352a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"098352a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f553b6\" data-id=\"0f553b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a88bfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a88bfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Following the interview on light pollution two days prior, Times of Malta chose to publish an editorial on the subject, recognising the severity of the problem and the urgency required to tackle it. 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