Episode 84-News2 - The Darkness News Update October 24, 2023


Highlights from the darkness news are:

  • Scientific Consensus
  • 1000 Bird Strikes in One Night
  • Chile Restores Darkness
  • Light Pollution is Brain Pollution

 

Day and Night Light Exposure are Associated with Psychiatric Disorders

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-023-00135-8

 

Circadian Disruption Causes Neuroinflammation

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0889159123002593

 

Circadian Disruption Linked with Weight Gain

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-05347-3#Sec8

 

Light Pollution is Shrinking American Bat Habitats

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.11.561893v1

 

248 Scientists Form Consensus on Need for Human-Centric Light

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphot.2023.1272934/full

 

Salvidor Bará: Wind Farms Are Too Bright

https://zenodo.org/records/8415031

 

New Device Helps Astrophotographers

https://www.space.com/astronomy-light-pollution-streetlight-hack

 

Chicago Had 1000 Fatal Bird Strikes in One Night

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/nation/2023/10/06/record-bird-deaths-chicago-window-collisions-prevention/71088350007/

 

France to Begin Fining Stores for Leaving their Lights on After Hours

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/france-to-fine-stores-for-leaving-their-lights-on-too-long

 

Chile Has a New National Lighting Standard

https://www.eso.org/public/announcements/annlang23002-es-cl/?lang=

 

UK Parliament Discusses Light Pollution, Pushes Topic to Regional Governments

https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-10-16/debates/D134372D-13EF-4F37-913E-887A6FA60269/ProtectionOfDarkSkies

 

Nottinghamshire County, UK Cuts Lighting; Sees No Downsides

https://headtopics.com/uk/residents-use-torches-as-led-lights-leave-big-pockets-of-darkness-46136125

 

Sea Turtle Conservancy’s Sea Turtle Grants Program Partners with FL State Parks

https://www.wwlp.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/661196839/florida-state-parks-foundation-partners-with-sea-turtle-grants-program-for-utvs-educational-kits-in-state-parks/

 

Sanibel, FL has Record Year for Turtles

https://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/lee-county/sanibel-record-high-number-of-loggerhead-turtles-recorded-on-island

 

Savannah State University Starts Charting Beach Lighting from the Turtle’s Perspective

https://www.gpb.org/news/2023/10/11/researchers-are-generating-turtles-eye-view-of-the-beach-save-georgias-baby-sea

 

Cave Creek, AZ Works on Dark Sky Status

https://sonorannews.com/2023/10/17/cc-dark-sky-working-towards-dark-sky-certification-status-with-dark-sky-international/

 

Suffolk Villages Begins Work on Dark Sky Status

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23858711.suffolk-parish-council-bidding-dark-skies-status/?ref=rss

 

Orem, Utah Citizens Petition for Light Pollution Ordinance

https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/2023/oct/17/orem-citizen-petitions-for-ordinance-change-to-reduce-nighttime-light-pollution/

 

East Yorkshire Farm is Blasting Pink Light After Dark

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/cause-stranger-things-pink-lights-125247359.html

 

Lyon, France Will Cut the Lights Between 2 and 4:30 AM

https://newsrnd.com/news/2023-10-14-why-will-lyon-be-plunged-into-darkness-on-saturday-night-.ryeJl20PbT.html

 

Qualicum Beach Gets Dimmer, Warmer LEDs after Citizen Complaints

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/local-news/qualicum-beach-installs-new-led-lights-to-address-resident-complaints-5888618

 

High Desert Museum in Oregon Starts Darkness Push

https://www.darkskyoregon.org/gotstars