Darkness News
Rising Temps are Moving Agricultural Work to the Night Shift
September 22, 2023 - Portland Press Herald
Night harvesting is gaining popularity for produce that needs to be picked by hand as working conditions under daylight get […]
Read MoreFort Myers, FL Has Worst Year on Record for Turtles
September 21, 2023 - Fort Myers Beach Talk
62 of 71 nests have hatched so far. Volunteers have also counted 18 disorientations and spotted 272 lighting violations. The […]
Read MoreSoft Lights Foundation Petitions FDA to End use of LED Headlamps on Cars
September 13, 2023 - Regulations.gov
A citizen petition to the US Food and Drug Administration asking for regulations on brightness and flicker of vehicle headlights […]
Read MoreDark Skies Cumbria Project Publishes Advice
September 12, 2023 - Recolight's Circular Lighting Report
The Good Lighting Technical Advice Note (TAN) represents to combined efforts of citizens, architects, designers, conservationists and other authorities’ work […]
Read MoreSports Lighting Suit Settled in Scottsdale
September 11, 2023 - Rose Law Group Reporter
Chaparral High School has settled a two-year civil suit with residents over lighting their baseball field at night. The Scottsdale […]
Read MoreLight Pollution is Changing Oyster Activity Cycles
September 11, 2023 - Science Times
The French National Centre for Scientific Research has conducted a lab study of pacific oysters and found that exposure to […]
Read MoreCircadian Disruption Linked With Inflammation
September 8, 2023 - Nature
Rats exposed to low-level ALAN at Comenius University were found to have impaired inflammatory responsiveness of the renal molecular clock.
Read MoreBlue Light Exposure From LEDs Harms More as You Grow Older
September 7, 2023 - Nature Partner Journals Aging
A study of fruit flies by Oregon State University has linked blue LED light exposure with damage to non-light sensing […]
Read MoreNight Shift Work Linked with Memory Issues
September 6, 2023 - Plos One
A new study of nearly 50,000 middle-aged night shift workers showed that 79% of participants are experiencing memory-related issues.
Read MoreLack of Sleep Reduces the Benefits of Exercise
September 5, 2023 - Medical News Today
A ten-year activity study from the UK has found that in elderly subjects sleeping fewer than six hours per night […]
Read MoreMont Tremblant National Park Named a Dark Sky Park
September 5, 2023 - CTV Montreal
The park, located in the Laurentian Mountains in Quebec is the 6th DarkSky-certified space in Canada.
Read MoreVolusia County Has Best Turtle Season Yet
August 31, 2023 - Spectrum News 9
Ponce Inlet, Florida was host to 40,000 sea turtle hatchlings this year. Local herpetologists credit changes to lighting over the […]
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