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 […]
Read MoreJefferson 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 […]
Read MoreDarkSky 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.
Read MoreTurtle 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 […]
Read MoreNorfolk, 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 […]
Read MoreYoung 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 […]
Read MoreALAN 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 […]
Read MoreFederal 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 […]
Read MoreALAN 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 […]
Read MoreALAN 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 […]
Read MoreBowdoin 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 […]
Read MoreDLC 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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