Darkness News
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 […]
Read MoreMünster, 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 […]
Read MoreConservationists 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 […]
Read MoreMeasuring 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 […]
Read MoreHeineken 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 […]
Read MoreSeabirds 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 […]
Read MoreUK Woman Gets Barnet Council to Dim Street Lighting
May 1, 2024 - The Daily Mail
Sasha Rodoy, a photophobic, has sued the London neighborhood into switching to dimmer, 2,200 K street lighting. The region had […]
Read MoreBetter Sleep Associated with Mental Health Under Pressure
April 30, 2024 - Clocks & Sleep
Medical professionals at the Bordeaux University Hospital were surveyed about their sleep habits and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Read MoreMoths Are Getting Better at Avoiding Light Traps
April 29, 2024 - Journal of Insect Conservation
Over the past 25 UV light traps left out to catch earworm moths (Helicoverpa zea) are becoming less effective. It’s […]
Read MoreRothney Astrophysical Observatory, AB Earns Emerald Award
April 26, 2024 - Western Wheel
Dr. Phil Langril of the University of Calgary has been recognized by an Albertan environmental foundation for his and his […]
Read MoreProposed Highway Lighting on Hutchinson Island Prompts Protests
April 25, 2024 - Yahoo News
The Florida DoT plan on adding 32 LED poles to a 2.4 mile section of A1A of the Northeast Causeway […]
Read MoreBlue Light Increases Bird-Building Collisions
April 24, 2024 - The Society for Conservation Biology
David Tan of the University of New Mexico has analysed 7 years worth of bird collision data from Singapore and […]
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