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Part-Night Lighting Is Worse than Full-Night Lighting for Oysters

November 14, 2023 - Science of The Total Environment

A new study from the University of Bordeaux has found, somewhat unexpectedly, that direct part-night lighting (lighting that shuts off […]

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DarkSky International Names Annual Awards Winners

November 13, 2023 - DarkSky

DarkSky International has presented its annual awards recipients as judged by a panel of distinguished society members. They are as […]

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Iowa Wind Turbines Switch from Red Lights to Radar

November 9, 2023 - KSCJ

200 turbines in Adair, Audubon, Cass and Guthrie counties are testing radar warning systems on turbines so that lights will […]

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83% of French People Don’t Feel Comfortable on Dark Roads

November 8, 2023 - Time News

A survey of 2,000 French citizens from insurer Assurance PrĂ©vention has found that those respondents worry as visibility drops, whether […]

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Publishes All-Light Pollution Issue

November 7, 2023 - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

Volume 378, Issue 1892 features new research on ALAN’s effect on ecosystems from soil to apex predators.

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Downtown Kalamazoo, MI Installs New ‘Dark Sky’ Lighting

November 6, 2023 - WKFR

America’s first outdoor pedestrian shopping mall is swapping lighting to LED using lamps and fixtures recognized and certified by DarkSky […]

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NASA Kennedy Space Center has Record Year for Turtle Nests

November 3, 2023 - South Florida Reporter

Staff at NASA credit new lighting and dune maintenance for 13,935 nests last year.

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New 5-Year Study of ALAN and Songbird Health Launches

November 2, 2023 - Santa Fe New Mexican

A research team at California Polytechnic State University is conducting a five-year ecological study of a half-dozen songbird species in […]

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Fairfax County, VA May Lighting on Private Property Near New Observatory

November 1, 2023 - Gazette Leader

The Fairfax County Planning Commission unanimously recommended that county supervisors approve more restrictive outdoor-lighting rules within a half-mile radius of […]

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London Stadium Uplights Prompts UFO Scare

October 31, 2023 - The Sun

A foggy night in South London makes London’s high power lamps look eerie, causing some consternation among locals.

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Forge Partners with Lumileds

October 30, 2023 - Architectural SSL

Lumileds has entered a business deal with Forge to commercialize their low-blue NightScape tech into exterior lamps and fixtures.

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East Yorkshire Greenhouse Blasts Pink Uplight

October 27, 2023 - BBC News

Plant Raisers Howden greenhouse’s new LED system draws complaints, as well as comparisons to Stranger Things spoilers.

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