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Five Years of Satellite Images Show Global Light Pollution Increasing at a Rate of Two Percent Per
Five years of advanced satellite images show that there is more artificial light at night across the globe, and that light at night is ...
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Mar 21, 20192 min read
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Artificial Lights have Devastating Effects on Many Bird Species
Photo by Michael Menefee Birds that migrate or hunt at night navigate by moonlight and starlight. Artificial light can cause them to...
Dark Skies Paonia
Mar 21, 20191 min read
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West Nile Virus Infectious Longer in Birds Exposed to Artificial Light at Night on February 22, 20
Artificial light at night doesn’t just affect our ability to see the stars — it also impacts complex ecological interactions and...
Dark Skies Paonia
Mar 21, 20193 min read
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Artificial Light at Night May be Contributing to “Ecological Armageddon” on July 17, 2018
In 2017, drastic declines of insects were reported by a team of scientists in Germany. The research indicated that the biomass of flying...
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Mar 21, 20192 min read
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Pollinators: switch street lights off at midnight to help moths and nocturnal wildlife
by Callum Macgregor Postdoctoral research associate, University of York Conservation is often a conflict between the demands of...
Dark Skies Paonia
Mar 21, 20193 min read
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Westcliff and Silvercliff Dark Skies Of The Wet Mountain Valley
Dark Skies of the Wet Mountain Valley was founded in 1999 with the primary purpose of limiting light pollution of the night sky in the...
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Mar 21, 20191 min read
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Small Western Colorado Town Receives International Recognition for Dark Sky on March 1, 2019
NORWOOD, Colorado – Feb. 21, 2019 After almost 3 years of hard work on the part of a small team of volunteers in Norwood, Colorado, the ...
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Mar 21, 20193 min read
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