Light Pollution News

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  This episode's guests:

• Diane Turnshek, researcher, astronomer, writer
• Steve Mariconda, DarkSkyNJ
• Gina Pearson, Dark Sky Land, Inc.

Bill's News Picks: 

• Conservationists monitor migrating birds as Mt. Washington 9/11 tribute lights up night sky, Kate Dario, New Hampshire Public Radio. 
• Optimised light sources reduce nocturnal insect attraction at railway stations, Biological Conservation. 
• Fifteen new dark sky sites named for astrotourism in Thailand, The Nation. 
• When photo competitions get it wrong, there are no "bad guys" – just the rule-abiding photographers that get stabbed in the back, Alan Palazon, Digital Camera World. 
• Brightening the Metro: Hundreds of Lights Installed, City of Albuquerque. 

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About Light Pollution News:

Ever wonder why migrating birds crash into buildings? Or why you can't sleep at night? What about where you can still see the Milky Way?

Light Pollution News explores how our 24/7 lit world affects everything from wildlife and human health to our understanding of the stars, travel, and the future of our cities. Host Bill McGeeney brings on rotating guests to help dig into the latest research, policy activity, and real-world solutions - from how irresponsible lighting degrades our health to the best dark sky destinations for your next trip. Whether you're a birder, conservationist, astrophotographer, or just someone who misses sleeping in darkness, this is the show that connects the dots between your disappear...

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 This episode's guests:

• John Barentine, Dark Sky Consulting, LLC
• Lin Meng, Ecologist

Bill's News Picks: 

• How to Grieve a Changing Planet, Phil Lane MSW, LCSW, Psychology Today. 
• Mitigating artificial light at night: effectiveness of policies and implications for plant phenology, PNAS Nexus. 
• Breckenridge's dark night skies are dreamy — but they come at a cost, Emma VandenEinde, MarketPlace. 
• Nighttime light exposure is associated with metabolic dysfunction in schizophrenia: A cross-sectional analysis of the LENS study, SLEEP. 
• The illusion of control: Do we need dark infrastructures to address light pollution?, Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space.
• Guy Ottewell honored with an asteroid in his name, EarthSky. 

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Why Support Light Pollution News?

• Receive quarterly invite to join as live audience member for recordings with special Q&A session post recording with guests.
• Receive all of the news for that month via a special Supporter monthly mailer.
• Satisfaction that your support helps further critical discourse on this topic.

About Light Pollution News:

Ever wonder why migrating birds crash into buildings? Or why you can't sleep at night? What about where you can still see the Milky Way?

Light Pollution News explores how our 24/7 lit world affects everything from wildlife and human health to our understanding of the stars, travel, and the future of our cities. Host Bill McGeeney brings on rotating guests to help dig into the latest research, policy activity, and real-world solutions - from how irresponsible lighting degrades our health to the best dark sky destinations for your next trip. Whether you're a birder, conservationist, astrophotographer, or just someone who misses sleeping in darkness, this is the show that connects the dots between your disappear...

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  This episode's guests:

• John Barentine, Dark Sky Consulting, LLC
• Lin Meng, Ecologist
• Zhe Zhu, Remote Sensing Specialist

Bill's News Picks: 

• A Big Government Decision Could Change Theme Parks Forever, Erica Lauren, Inside the Magic. 
• Artificial light at night extends pollen season and elevates allergen exposure, PNAS Nexus. 
• Breckenridge's dark night skies are dreamy — but they come at a cost, Emma VandenEinde, MarketPlace. 
• Conservation group praises new Kentucky law requiring crops be shielded from lights on state roads, Derek Operle, WKMS. 
• Every SpaceX Starlink satellite has to dodge a collision almost weekly, and experts fear the worst, Space. 

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Why Support Light Pollution News?

• Receive quarterly invite to join as live audience member for recordings with special Q&A session post recording with guests.
• Receive all of the news for that month via a special Supporter monthly mailer.
• Satisfaction that your support helps further critical discourse on this topic.

About Light Pollution News:

Ever wonder why migrating birds crash into buildings? Or why you can't sleep at night? What about where you can still see the Milky Way?

Light Pollution News explores how our 24/7 lit world affects everything from wildlife and human health to our understanding of the stars, travel, and the future of our cities. Host Bill McGeeney brings on rotating guests to help dig into the latest research, policy activity, and real-world solutions - from how irresponsible lighting degrades our health to the best dark sky destinations for your next trip. Whether you're a birder, conservationist, astrophotographer, or just someone who misses sleeping in darkness, this is the show that connects the dots between your disappear...

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 This episode's guests:

• Ruskin Hartley, CEO Dark Sky International
• Dr. Kaori Yokochi, Ecologist
• Shane Ludtke, Actual Astronomy Podcast

Bill's News Picks: 

• L&A Dark Sky Viewing Area becomes home to 25” telescope, Attilla Danko Deep, Tori Stafford, Kingstonist. 
• Design approved for AlUla Manara observatory and research center, Arab News. 
• How Bats Keep Agave Alive: The Nighttime Pollinators Behind Tequila, Reynard Loki, LAProgressive.
• Farmers in a national park are turning down lights at night to help wildlife – it could be good for crops too, Jenny Hall, The Conversation. 
• Mona Khalil, who left safety in Europe to protect sea turtles in Lebanon, was killed by an Israeli airstrike, Rhett Ayers Butler, Mongabay. 

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Why Support Light Pollution News?

• Receive quarterly invite to join as live audience member for recordings with special Q&A session post recording with guests.
• Receive all of the news for that month via a special Supporter monthly mailer.
• Satisfaction that your support helps further critical discourse on this topic.

About Light Pollution News:

Ever wonder why migrating birds crash into buildings? Or why you can't sleep at night? What about where you can still see the Milky Way?

Light Pollution News explores how our 24/7 lit world affects everything from wildlife and human health to our understanding of the stars, travel, and the future of our cities. Host Bill McGeeney brings on rotating guests to help dig into the latest research, policy activity, and real-world solutions - from how irresponsible lighting degrades our health to the best dark sky destinations for your next trip. Whether you're a birder, conservationist, astrophotographer, or just someone who misses sleeping in darkness, this is the show that connects the dots between your disappear...

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 This episode's guests:

• Ruskin Hartley, CEO Dark Sky International
• Dr. Kaori Yokochi, Ecologist
• Shane Ludtke, Actual Astronomy Podcast

Bill's News Picks: 

• Chief Star Counter, VisitSunshineCoast.
• Sustainable community development in mountain regions: the case study of Hanle Dark Sky Reserve, Ladakh, India, Sustainable Earth.
• The Impact of Sunlight and Artificial Light at Night on Sleep Stages: Evidence From a 7-Day Sensor-Based Observational Study, JMIR mHealth and uHealth.
• LA property owners vote down streetlight fee increase, Kavish Harjai, LAist.
• Quantification of methane and carbon monoxide from natural gas streetlights in Boston: a ‘low-hanging fruit’ for emissions reduction, Environmental Research Communications.

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A hearty thank you to all of our paid supporters out there. You make this show possible.

For only the cost of one coffee each month you can help us to continue to grow. That’s $3 a month. If you like what we’re doing, if you think this adds value in any way, why not say thank you by becoming a supporter!

Why Support Light Pollution News?

• Receive quarterly invite to join as live audience member for recordings with special Q&A session post recording with guests.
• Receive all of the news for that month via a special Supporter monthly mailer.
• Satisfaction that your support helps further critical discourse on this topic.

About Light Pollution News:

Ever wonder why migrating birds crash into buildings? Or why you can't sleep at night? What about where you can still see the Milky Way?

Light Pollution News explores how our 24/7 lit world affects everything from wildlife and human health to our understanding of the stars, travel, and the future of our cities. Host Bill McGeeney brings on rotating guests to help dig into the latest research, policy activity, and real-world solutions - from how irresponsible lighting degrades our health to the best dark sky destinations for your next trip. Whether you're a birder, conservationist, astrophotographer, or just someone who misses sleeping in darkness, this is the show that connects the dots between your disappear...

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This episode's guests:

• Amy Oliver, Science Communicator
• Michael Calhoun, Environmental Activist
• Ted Blank, International Dark Sky Discovery Center

Bill's News Picks: 

• Pope warns main threat common to religion and science is denial of objective truth, Victoria Cardiel, EWTN News. 
• Chile's Atacama Desert is one of the darkest places on Earth. But now the light is intruding, Richard Fisher, BBC.
• Awe in nature fosters science identity and belonging inparticipatory scientists during an eclipse, People and Nature.
• Association of high-intensity evening light exposure with risk of incident age-related macular degeneration, cataract, and glaucoma: a prospective cohort study of 82,826 participants, GeroScience. 
• Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a stronger inhibitor of overwintering dormancy than urban warming in mosquitoes, Journal of Applied Ecology.

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A hearty thank you to all of our paid supporters out there. You make this show possible.

For only the cost of one coffee each month you can help us to continue to grow. That’s $3 a month. If you like what we’re doing, if you think this adds value in any way, why not say thank you by becoming a supporter!

Why Support Light Pollution News?

• Receive quarterly invite to join as live audience member for recordings with special Q&A session post recording with guests.
• Receive all of the news for that month via a special Supporter monthly mailer.
• Satisfaction that your support helps further critical discourse on this topic.

About Light Pollution News:

Ever wonder why migrating birds crash into buildings? Or why you can't sleep at night? What about where you can still see the Milky Way?

Light Pollution News explores how our 24/7 lit world affects everything from wildlife and human health to our understanding of the stars, travel, and the future of our cities. Host Bill McGeeney brings on rotating guests to help dig into the latest research, policy activity, and real-world solutions - from how irresponsible lighting degrades our health to the best dark sky destinations for your next trip. Whether you're a birder, conservationist, astrophotographer, or just someone who misses sleeping in darkness, this is the show that connects the dots between your disappear...

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This episode's guests:

• Amy Oliver, Science Communicator
• Michael Calhoun, Environmental Activist
• Ted Blank, International Dark Sky Discovery Center

Bill's News Picks: 

• Investigating light pollution trends at astronomical observatories worldwide, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
• Powell Observatory seeks new home amid growing light pollution in Louisburg, Ryan Gamboa, KSHB.
• Decade-Long Photometric Observations of Light Pollution and Cloud Effects on Night Sky Brightness in Hong Kong, Remote Sensing.
• Private stargazing observatory, game room, hot tub, AirBnb.

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A hearty thank you to all of our paid supporters out there. You make this show possible.

For only the cost of one coffee each month you can help us to continue to grow. That’s $3 a month. If you like what we’re doing, if you think this adds value in any way, why not say thank you by becoming a supporter!

Why Support Light Pollution News?

• Receive quarterly invite to join as live audience member for recordings with special Q&A session post recording with guests.
• Receive all of the news for that month via a special Supporter monthly mailer.
• Satisfaction that your support helps further critical discourse on this topic.

About Light Pollution News:

Ever wonder why migrating birds crash into buildings? Or why you can't sleep at night? What about where you can still see the Milky Way?

Light Pollution News explores how our 24/7 lit world affects everything from wildlife and human health to our understanding of the stars, travel, and the future of our cities. Host Bill McGeeney brings on rotating guests to help dig into the latest research, policy activity, and real-world solutions - from how irresponsible lighting degrades our health to the best dark sky destinations for your next trip. Whether you're a birder, conservationist, astrophotographer, or just someone who misses sleeping in darkness, this is the show that connects the dots between your disappear...

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This episode's guests:

• Ken Walczak, Night Light Consulting.
• Mark Baker, Soft Lights Foundation.
• Charles Hood, Author of Nature at Night.

Bill's News Picks: 

• Ford Government's bill 98 Could be the final Death Knell for Birds, Alexis Wright & Anushka Yadav, The Pointer. 
• Artificial light at night disrupts immune rhythms in wild rodents under semi-natural conditions, Environmental Pollution. 
• Chronic Artificial Light at Night Exposure Disrupts Circadian Rhythms and Modulates P53 Gene Expression in a Rat Model of Colorectal Cancer, Journal of Medicine and Health Research.  
• Engineering glowing plants: recent progress and future directions for application-oriented design, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.
• L.Y.R. - Dark Sky Reservation, Real World Records, Youtube.

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A hearty thank you to all of our paid supporters out there. You make this show possible.

For only the cost of one coffee each month you can help us to continue to grow. That’s $3 a month. If you like what we’re doing, if you think this adds value in any way, why not say thank you by becoming a supporter!

Why Support Light Pollution News?

• Receive quarterly invite to join as live audience member for recordings with special Q&A session post recording with guests.
• Receive all of the news for that month via a special Supporter monthly mailer.
• Satisfaction that your support helps further critical discourse on this topic.

About Light Pollution News:

Ever wonder why migrating birds crash into buildings? Or why you can't sleep at night? What about where you can still see the Milky Way?

Light Pollution News explores how our 24/7 lit world affects everything from wildlife and human health to our understanding of the stars, travel, and the future of our cities. Host Bill McGeeney brings on rotating guests to help dig into the latest research, policy activity, and real-world solutions - from how irresponsible lighting degrades our health to the best dark sky destinations for your next trip. Whether you're a birder, conservationist, astrophotographer, or just someone who misses sleeping in darkness, this is the show that connects the dots between your disappear...

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This episode's guests:

• Ken Walczak, Night Light Consulting.
• Mark Baker, Soft Lights Foundation.
• Charles Hood, Author of Nature at Night.

Bill's News Picks: 

•  Finland's longest bridge reaches completion in Helsinki, Starr Charles, Dezeen.
• The Bay Lights Come Back On Tonight After Three-Year Hiatus, SF Gate.
•  Light and ultrasonic noise pollution displaces trawling Daubenton’s bats, Scientific Reports.
• Assessing the benefits of part-night lighting on a tropical bat species endemic to Reunion Island, Biological Conservation.
• From gas lamps to LEDs: The 100-year war on headlight glare, Kris Culmer, Autocar. 

Support the show

A hearty thank you to all of our paid supporters out there. You make this show possible.

For only the cost of one coffee each month you can help us to continue to grow. That’s $3 a month. If you like what we’re doing, if you think this adds value in any way, why not say thank you by becoming a supporter!

Why Support Light Pollution News?

• Receive quarterly invite to join as live audience member for recordings with special Q&A session post recording with guests.
• Receive all of the news for that month via a special Supporter monthly mailer.
• Satisfaction that your support helps further critical discourse on this topic.

About Light Pollution News:

Ever wonder why migrating birds crash into buildings? Or why you can't sleep at night? What about where you can still see the Milky Way?

Light Pollution News explores how our 24/7 lit world affects everything from wildlife and human health to our understanding of the stars, travel, and the future of our cities. Host Bill McGeeney brings on rotating guests to help dig into the latest research, policy activity, and real-world solutions - from how irresponsible lighting degrades our health to the best dark sky destinations for your next trip. Whether you're a birder, conservationist, astrophotographer, or just someone who misses sleeping in darkness, this is the show that connects the dots between your disappear...

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This episode's guests:

• Yana Yakushina, lawyer, researcher, and dark sky protection educator.
• Barrington Russell, founder of DarkSkySites.com.
• Paul Marchant, Statistician.

Bill's News Picks: 

• Moonlight: a neglected driver of primate sleep ecology, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
• A04615, New York State Assembly.
• Musk Offers Sneak Peek at Orbiting Data Centers. They're Bigger Than the ISS, Michael Kan, PCMag. 
• Blue Origin Joins the Race for Orbital Data Centers With 51K Satellite Plan, Michael Kan, PC Magazine. 
• Medieval poets wrote about auroras. Their work is providing clues to the solar cycle, Jacek Krywko, Scientific American. 

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For only the cost of one coffee each month you can help us to continue to grow. That’s $3 a month. If you like what we’re doing, if you think this adds value in any way, why not say thank you by becoming a supporter!

Why Support Light Pollution News?

• Receive quarterly invite to join as live audience member for recordings with special Q&A session post recording with guests.
• Receive all of the news for that month via a special Supporter monthly mailer.
• Satisfaction that your support helps further critical discourse on this topic.

About Light Pollution News:

Ever wonder why migrating birds crash into buildings? Or why you can't sleep at night? What about where you can still see the Milky Way?

Light Pollution News explores how our 24/7 lit world affects everything from wildlife and human health to our understanding of the stars, travel, and the future of our cities. Host Bill McGeeney brings on rotating guests to help dig into the latest research, policy activity, and real-world solutions - from how irresponsible lighting degrades our health to the best dark sky destinations for your next trip. Whether you're a birder, conservationist, astrophotographer, or just someone who misses sleeping in darkness, this is the show that connects the dots between your disappear...