Episode 114 – News - Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter October 31st, 2024


Highlights from this episode:

  • Mortality
  • Long COVID
  • Meta-Studies
  • Globetrotting

 

Sponsored by Evluma

https://evluma.com/dark-sky-friendly-lighting/

 

Intro and outro music by Doctor Turtle 

 

Headlines and Sources:

International Energy Agency Publishes Review of Health under Solid State Lighting

https://www.lightnowblog.com/2024/10/new-comprehensive-report-on-ssl-health-effects/

 

Brighter Nights, Darker Days Will Kill You (because of a confluence of mortality risk factors)

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2405924121

 

Cone Photoreceptors Don’t Contribute to Circadian Rhythm

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.10.617409v1

Melatonin production is strictly from the rods says a report from U basel

 

Light-Related Circadian Disruption Does Get Worse During the Winter, Is Even Worse for Cis Women

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.18.619012v1

 

Study Says Circadian Studies Need Better Compliance from Subjects 

https://www.mdpi.com/2624-5175/6/4/42

 

COVID-19 Causes Sleep Disorders

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0311929#sec008

 

Circadian “Reset” Treatment Works on Parkinson’s, Long COVID

https://jmedicalcasereports.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13256-024-04812-9

 

Poor Sleep Leads to Overeating

https://nexusnewsfeed.com/article/food-cooking/poor-sleep-likely-leads-to-overeating-the-next-day/

 

Light of the Full Moon Linked with Roadkill

https://phys.org/news/2024-10-full-moon-hazard-wildlife-vehicle.html

 

LED Particularly Harmful to Shearwater Fledgelings

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/19/jeb249593/362327/Blue-and-white-light-pollution-is-disastrous-for

 

ALAN Harms Budgie Reproduction

https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6004/5/3/23

 

Light Pollution on the Rise in the Arctic Circle

https://phys.org/news/2024-10-satellite-derived-artificial-night-rapidly.html#google_vignette

 

Chile to Limit Spectra of Exterior Lighting by Law 

https://www.opcc.cl/revision_ds043.html

 

CA Debates Limits on Sign Brightness

https://www.signshop.com/featured-june-2019/isa-partners-turn-back-california-emc-requirements/ 

 

Airdrie, AB Debates Sign Brightness Law

https://www.airdriecityview.com/local-news/stricter-rules-around-signage-in-airdrie-could-soon-be-approved-9698565

 

Amherst, Mass Approves Nuisance Lighting Bylaw

https://dailycollegian.com/2024/10/town-council-votes-to-approve-new-nuisance-house-bylaw/

 

Minot, ND Orders New Lighting Ordinance Study

https://www.kfyrtv.com/2024/10/22/minot-city-council-directs-staff-draft-lighting-ordinance/

 

Lights Out in Cumberland County, NC For Migration

https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/local/2024/10/21/cumberland-county-nc-participating-in-lights-out-for-migratory-birds/75777545007/

 

New Canaan, CT Resident Actually Asked for Permission to Add Lighting to a Batting Cage on His Property

https://newcanaanite.com/homeowner-seeks-permission-for-lighted-batting-cage-11279816

 

San Juan,  WA County Council Moves for Dark Sky Standards

https://sanjuanislander.com/news-articles/government-news/san-juan-county/38452/san-juan-county-council-favors-having-dark-skies-standards-countywide

 

Notre Dame de Strasbourg Shuts of Lighting at 11

https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1848059548101132700

 

Advocates in Pune, India Call for End of Tree Uplights During Diwali 

https://article.wn.com/view/2024/10/22/NGO_urges_owners_of_commercial_establishments_to_remove_arti/

 

“Anti-Crime” Lighting in Stevenage, UK Blocked by Bat Safety Survey 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/bats-block-plans-anti-crime-063631357.html

 

Jasper National Park Hosts Night Events Daily Until November 3

https://www.jasperdarksky.travel/events

 

Fort Myers Beach Bar Returns with Turtle-Safe Lighting

https://www.businessobserverfl.com/news/2024/oct/17/fort-myers-beach-favorite-rebuilt/

 

Destin-Fort Walton Beaches Hosted 1550 Successful Turtle Hatchlings this Season

https://www.getthecoast.com/sea-turtle-nesting-season-wraps-up-with-1550-hatchlings-in-destin-fort-walton-beach/

 

Uttarakhand, India Hosts Photo Contest

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/celestial-magic-in-frames/article68788711.ece