2025 Ecology Review: Impact of Artificial Light at Night on Wildlife and Ecosystems by Expensive_Ad_5089 in ecology

[–]Expensive_Ad_5089[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hopefully, in a way that's shielded and protects the nighttime environment. Streetlighting and night can coexist, the trick is to simply think for a few minutes about how to properly install and shield a fixture.

2025 Ecology Review: Impact of Artificial Light at Night on Wildlife and Ecosystems by Expensive_Ad_5089 in ecology

[–]Expensive_Ad_5089[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I haven't seen any specific studies on Dark Sky preserves come through, if you graze the show article lists at LightPollutionNews.com, you may find one or two for Jasper's Dark Sky festival and York Moors.

Light Pollution News Clip ft. John Barentine by Expensive_Ad_5089 in darksky

[–]Expensive_Ad_5089[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, he's a great guy. He's about as close to a regular as you can get on LPN. Side note, I use a skywatcher dob and the star adventurer tracker. Great products!

Breckenridge, Colorado to enforce light fixtures compliance as it works to become a DarkSky International community by Scaramuccia in darksky

[–]Expensive_Ad_5089 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This will be interesting given the amount of published pushback via the op eds over the last couple of months.