Darkness News
Anholt, Denmark Secures DarkSky Status
May 22, 2025 - DarkSky International
The 8 square-mile island in the Kattegat Strait between Denmark and Sweden is home to 151 permanent human residents and […]
Read MoreBlue Linked with Kidney Stones in Rats
May 16, 2025 - Light Now
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine has found a correlation between rats being kept under blue-rich light and the […]
Read MoreDarkSky Partners with Audubon Society
May 15, 2025 - DarkSky International
Both groups are offering a seasonal reminder that light pollution is a particular hazard to migratory birds.
Read MoreLight Pollution and Other Urbanization Issues Are Health Risk Factors for Poor and Middle-Income Populations
May 14, 2025 - Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
A new paper from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, in Rome has identified a set of health issues related […]
Read MoreMilwaukee, WI Rejects 4-Story LED Billboard on Condo
May 13, 2025 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The city zoning officials have rejected an application for a 1,750-square-foot digital billboard on the side of Wisconsin Tower condo […]
Read MoreRappahannock County, VA Seek Lighting Restrictions
May 12, 2025 - Citizen Portal
Residents attended a County Board of Supervisors on the 5th in hopes of persuading the board to adopt lighting similar […]
Read MoreSt. Louis Gateway Arch Goes Dark for Migration
May 9, 2025 - KSDK-TV
From May 1st to June 1st the St Louis land mark’s lighting will be extinguished to avoid distracting migrating birds. […]
Read MoreVR Study from Korea Correlates Feelings of Outdoor Night Time Safety Sentiments with Interior Lighting
May 8, 2025 - Virtual Reality
Subjects were placed in simulation of a residential neighborhood with varying light levels and light types and then surveyed about […]
Read MoreCleveland Heights, OH To Swap Street Lights for Warmer Options
May 7, 2025 - Heights Observer
A broader city lighting retrofit project includes switching bright, 4000K LED streetlighting with an as-yet undetermined warmer, dimmer lamp.
Read MoreAdirondack, NY Seeks DarkSky Recognition
May 5, 2025 - WAMC NY Public Radio
The Adirondack Sky Center and Observatory is working with DarkSky and local politicians to secure recognition for the Tupper Lake […]
Read MoreUniversité Sainte-Anne Track and Soccer Field is the First DarkSky Sport Lighting Project Outside US
May 1, 2025 - DarkSky International
The Nova Scotian university’s track and field are located near the Acadian Skies and Mi’kmaw Lands UNESCO Starlight Reserve, this […]
Read MoreChildhood Light Pollution Exposure Linked with Thyroid Cancer
April 30, 2025 - Bioengineer
A Yale study of adolescent Californians was able to correlate light pollution and air pollution with increased rates of thyroid […]
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