Darkness News

Study Links Light at Night with Stroke

May 21, 2024 - Breaking Latest

A six-year study conducted in Ningbo, China has found that individuals exposed to light at night were 43% more likely […]

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Kawarau Gibbston, NZ Named Dark Sky Park

May 17, 2024 - LighTED Magazine

25 square kilometers of parkland on the South Island has been recognized by DarkSky International. This the 9th dark sky […]

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Austria Passes Light Pollution Legislation

May 15, 2024 - Yana Yakushina on LinkedIn

A national law passed calling for “Light intensity and duration should be restricted to what is necessary for safety or […]

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Quad Cities Bridge Goes Dark for Migration

May 14, 2024 - Our QC News

The 3,850-foot bridge between Rock Island, IL and Davenport, IA extinguished lighting between 11PM and 6AM for the safety of […]

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Maui Resort Sued Over Lighting for Second Time

May 13, 2024 - Earthjustice

A collection of conservation groups has filed a second complaint against the Grand Wailea Resort on Maui. The resort’s lighting […]

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Cornell Releases Animated Short for Lights Out for the Birds

May 10, 2024 - Cornell Lab of Ornithology on YouTube

BirdCast has partnered with Daniel Sheire and Chelsea Demott Wildey to create an a short film illustrating the hazards birds […]

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Sea Turtle Lighting Resumes in Daytona Beach, FL

May 9, 2024 - Daytona Times

From May 1st through October 31st owners, renters, and managers of coastal properties must ensure exterior lighting matches regulations on […]

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Münster, Germany’s Motion-Activated Bike Lighting Needs to be Adjusted for Bats

May 8, 2024 - Conservation Science and Practice

A 1.5km stretch of bike trail has been switched over to motion-sensitive LED lighting. A study from the Leibniz Institute […]

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Conservationists Renew Calls For the End of US-Mexico Border Lighting

May 7, 2024 - Texas Public Radio

Laiken Jordahl of the Center for Biological Diversity is among many wildlife advocates calling for changes to a proposed plan […]

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Measuring Spectrally and Intensity-Modified Daylighting on Melatonin Levels in Office Workers

May 6, 2024 - Building and Environment

A study of real world working conditions has found that full-spectrum light indoors in the morning does alter urinary melatonin […]

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Heineken UK Raises Awareness of Dark Skies

May 3, 2024 - D&AD Awards

The ‘Blackout’ ad campaign and contest for Heineken UK, which highlighted the spread of light pollution and offered 6-pack buyers […]

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Seabirds Are Avoiding Well-Lit Areas as They Age

May 2, 2024 - BioRXiv

A preprint study from the University of Azores of Cory’s shearwater fledglings found near urban light sources are slower to […]

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