Darkness News

Northern Arizona U Sports Teams Change Name Temporarily to Honor DarkSky Status

August 20, 2025 - NAU Athletics

For the second year the school’s soccer team, volleyball team and both basketball teams will play 6 games under the […]

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Jefferson City, MO Wants to Go Dark Sky

August 19, 2025 - News Tribune

Councillors presented the Public Works department with a draft lighting ordinance based on DarkSKy’s Model Ordinance. Multiple people present at […]

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DarkSky International Names Capture the Dark Photo Contest Winner

August 18, 2025 - DarkSky International

13 winners were selected from 2,284 submissions in the 5th annual competition.

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Turtle Hatching Season Begins on Anna Maria Island, FL

August 15, 2025 - ABC 7

The Manatee County island has begun regular patrols to fill holes, knock over sand castles and point out disorienting lighting […]

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Norfolk, VA Pauses Switch on Streets to LED over Complaints

August 14, 2025 - KEYT News

Citizens for Responsible Lighting is a local group advocating city council and Dominion Energy for dimmer, warmer lighting options on […]

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Young Adults are More Anxious, Depressed as They Get Pushed off Chronotype

August 13, 2025 - Scientific Reports

559 Undergrads at Sichuan Normal University were surveyed about emotional state, sleepiness, and sleep preference over the course of a […]

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ALAN Changes Medaka Courtship Rituals

August 12, 2025 - Scientific Reports

The Japanese Rice fish have been observed on camera initiating mating displays in the dark and light pollution disrupts that […]

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Federal Judge Pauses Expansion of ICE’s new Florida Everglades Facility

August 11, 2025 - News Break

A lawsuit from a number of environmental advocacy groups and the local Miccosukee Tribe has lead to an injunction of […]

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ALAN Harms Insectivorous Bats

August 7, 2025 - Landscape Ecology

A study from the University of Queensland has found that two species, the little bent-wing bat and the white-striped free-tailed […]

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ALAN Linked with Poor Cholesterol

August 6, 2025 - Clinical Epigenetics

A chinese research team has found that metabolic dysregulation from outdoor light at night reduces the control of low-density lipoprotein […]

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Bowdoin College Gets DarkSky Recognition for Sports Fields

August 5, 2025 - The Ellsworth American

The Brunswick, Maine campus of Bowdoin College’s athletic fields have been certified by DarkSky International under their Dark Sky Approved […]

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DLC Seeks Feedback on Second Draft of Luna 2

August 4, 2025 - DesignLights Consortium

The DesignLights Consortium has released the second draft of their LUNA 2 standard for ‘dark sky’ lighting solutions. Comments are […]

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