You’re Never too Young (or Old) to Become a Dark Sky Advocate
By high school senior and dark sky advocate Jessica Elliott When I was in the third grade, my class took a trip to a wetlands to see the way Earth is interconnected with the animals […]
View ArticleNight Lights and Prosperity Don’t Always Go Hand in Hand
By guest writer Chris Kyba North Korea is famously dark compared to South Korea and China at night, and images like the one above are often used to demonstrate the consequences of its “unenlightened”...
View ArticleGrad Student Helps Acadia with Dark Sky Bid
Guest post by Locher Grove It’s not easy to find dark skies along the East Coast of the continental United States. Development and expansion have increased light pollution along the seaboard,...
View ArticleDark Skies Over the Bears Ears
Guest Post by Stewart Aitchison Most of the proposed 1.9 million-acre Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah is blessed with extraordinary dark skies. For at least 12,000 years, from...
View ArticleThe Night Sky and You
By: Dawn Davies, Public Advocacy Volunteer IDA Public Advocacy Volunteer and amateur astronomer, Dawn Davies, shares the hidden wonders of the night sky to engage our sense of wonder and inspire...
View ArticleSeabird Fatalities Caused by Artificial Lights
By guest writer Airam Rodríguez, postdoctoral researcher at Estación Biológica de Doñana CSIC, Spain Human alteration of natural light levels in the environment increases every year and leads to the...
View ArticleSurvey of International Dark-Sky Association Members: Findings and Implications
By guest contributor: Megan Albaugh Bonham Light pollution and night sky preservation have caught the attention of many researchers, but social scientists have been slow to join in. I hope to change...
View ArticleYou’re Never too Young (or Old) to Become a Dark Sky Advocate
By high school senior and dark sky advocate Jessica Elliott When I was in the third grade, my class took a trip to a wetlands to see the way Earth is interconnected with the animals […]
View ArticleNight Lights and Prosperity Don’t Always Go Hand in Hand
By guest writer Chris Kyba North Korea is famously dark compared to South Korea and China at night, and images like the one above are often used to demonstrate the consequences of its “unenlightened”...
View ArticleGrad Student Helps Acadia with Dark Sky Bid
Guest post by Locher Grove It’s not easy to find dark skies along the East Coast of the continental United States. Development and expansion have increased light pollution along the seaboard,...
View ArticleDark Skies Over the Bears Ears
Guest Post by Stewart Aitchison Most of the proposed 1.9 million-acre Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah is blessed with extraordinary dark skies. For at least 12,000 years, from...
View ArticleThe Night Sky and You
By: Dawn Davies, Public Advocacy Volunteer IDA Public Advocacy Volunteer and amateur astronomer, Dawn Davies, shares the hidden wonders of the night sky to engage our sense of wonder and inspire...
View ArticleSeabird Fatalities Caused by Artificial Lights
By guest writer Airam Rodríguez, postdoctoral researcher at Estación Biológica de Doñana CSIC, Spain Human alteration of natural light levels in the environment increases every year and leads to the...
View ArticleSurvey of International Dark-Sky Association Members: Findings and Implications
By guest contributor: Megan Albaugh Bonham Light pollution and night sky preservation have caught the attention of many researchers, but social scientists have been slow to join in. I hope to change...
View ArticleHow Light Pollution Affects the Pennsylvanian Ecosystem
By guest writer, Craig Campbell As little as 100 years ago, it was possible to look up in the sky at night and see millions of stars spread across the Milky Way. Now, there are […]
View ArticleHow Light Pollution Affects the Pennsylvanian Ecosystem
By guest writer, Craig Campbell As little as 100 years ago, it was possible to look up in the sky at night and see millions of stars spread across the Milky Way. Now, there are […]
View ArticlePollinators: switch street lights off at midnight to help moths and nocturnal...
by Callum Macgregor Postdoctoral research associate, University of York Conservation is often a conflict between the demands of development and a desire to do what is best for the environment. It’s...
View ArticleYoung Advocates Set Their Eyes on Tackling Light Pollution
Earlier this month, the International Dark-Sky Association was contacted by a group of students from Bioscience High School in Phoenix, Arizona. The group, Helping Achieve a Renewable Planet...
View ArticleHow Light Pollution Affects the Pennsylvanian Ecosystem
By guest writer, Craig Campbell As little as 100 years ago, it was possible to look up in the sky at night and see millions of stars spread across the Milky Way. Now, there are […]
View ArticlePollinators: switch street lights off at midnight to help moths and nocturnal...
by Callum Macgregor Postdoctoral research associate, University of York Conservation is often a conflict between the demands of development and a desire to do what is best for the environment. It’s...
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