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, Thomas H. Meyer, Chadwick D. Rittenhouse, Xiaonan Tai, Mari Cullerton, Falu Hong, Ashley Grinstead, Kexin Song, Ji Won Suh, Xiucheng Yang, Virginia L. Kalb, Chengbin Deng, Zhe Zhu

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10.1038/s41586-026-10260-w
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2026-04-08
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s41586-026-10260-w,
  title = {Satellite imagery reveals increasing volatility in human night-time activity},
  author = {Tian Li and Zhuosen Wang and Christopher C. M. Kyba and Miguel O. Román and Karen C. Seto and Yun Yang and Shi Qiu and Theres Kuester and Michail Fragkias and Xiang Chen and Thomas H. Meyer and Chadwick D. Rittenhouse and Xiaonan Tai and Mari Cullerton and Falu Hong and Ashley Grinstead and Kexin Song and Ji Won Suh and Xiucheng Yang and Virginia L. Kalb and Chengbin Deng and Zhe Zhu},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Nature},
  doi = {10.1038/s41586-026-10260-w},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10260-w}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Satellite imagery reveals increasing volatility in human night-time activity
AU  - Tian Li
AU  - Zhuosen Wang
AU  - Christopher C. M. Kyba
AU  - Miguel O. Román
AU  - Karen C. Seto
AU  - Yun Yang
AU  - Shi Qiu
AU  - Theres Kuester
AU  - Michail Fragkias
AU  - Xiang Chen
AU  - Thomas H. Meyer
AU  - Chadwick D. Rittenhouse
AU  - Xiaonan Tai
AU  - Mari Cullerton
AU  - Falu Hong
AU  - Ashley Grinstead
AU  - Kexin Song
AU  - Ji Won Suh
AU  - Xiucheng Yang
AU  - Virginia L. Kalb
AU  - Chengbin Deng
AU  - Zhe Zhu
PY  - 2026
JO  - Nature
DO  - 10.1038/s41586-026-10260-w
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Li, T., Wang, Z., Kyba, C. C. M., Román, M. O., Seto, K. C., Yang, Y., Qiu, S., Kuester, T., Fragkias, M., Chen, X., Meyer, T. H., Rittenhouse, C. D., Tai, X., Cullerton, M., Hong, F., Grinstead, A., Song, K., Suh, J. W., Yang, X., Kalb, V. L., Deng, C., & Zhu, Z. (2026). Satellite imagery reveals increasing volatility in human night-time activity. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10260-w

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