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
France to Begin Fining Stores for Leaving their Lights on After Hours
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
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
Sanibel, FL has Record Year for Turtles
Savannah State University Starts Charting Beach Lighting from the Turtle’s Perspective
Cave Creek, AZ Works on Dark Sky Status
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
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
Qualicum Beach Gets Dimmer, Warmer LEDs after Citizen Complaints
High Desert Museum in Oregon Starts Darkness Push