This episode's guests:

• Shweta Kulkarni, AstronEra.
• Josh Dury, Award Winning Photographer.
• Jim Webster, Advocate.

Bill's News Picks:

• Explore NASA’s most detailed map of the night sky yet, Andrew Paul, Popular Science.
• Satellite megaconstellations will threaten space-based astronomy, Nature.
• Minimizing aviation lighting duration reduces bat attraction to wind turbines, Journal of Applied Ecology.
• Tawny owls are turning to street lighting to help them hunt, British Ecological Society.
• Impact of artificial light at night on obesity and overweight: a systematic review and meta-analysis, BMC Public Health.

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The path to sustainable starry night solutions begin with being a more informed you.

Light Pollution, once thought to be solely detrimental to astronomers, has proven to be an impactful issue across many disciplines of society including ecology, crime, technology, health, and much more!

But not all is lost! There are simple solutions that provide for big impacts. Each month, Bill McGeeney, is joined by upwards of three guests to help you grow your awareness and understanding of both the challenges and the road to recovering our disappearing nighttime ecosystem.

This episode's guests:

• Shweta Kulkarni, AstronEra.
• Josh Dury, Award Winning Photographer.
• Jim Webster, Advocate.

Bill's News Picks:

• DarkSky One supercar lurks in the dark like a ninja with its sensible lighting, Gaurav Sood, Yanko Design.
• Colored light changes how music makes us feel, Eric Ralls, Earth.com.
• Bright needs, dark desires: Public preferences and balancing the benefits of artificial light and natural darkness at night in Aotearoa New Zealand, People and Nature.
• Illuminating Inequality: Public Lighting Energy Consumption and Light Pollution in Urban and Rural Contexts, Chemical Engineering Transactions.
• Evaluation of Urban Nighttime Light Environment Safety Using Integrated Remote Sensing and Perception Modeling, Remote Sensing

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• 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:

The path to sustainable starry night solutions begin with being a more informed you.

Light Pollution, once thought to be solely detrimental to astronomers, has proven to be an impactful issue across many disciplines of society including ecology, crime, technology, health, and much more!

But not all is lost! There are simple solutions that provide for big impacts. Each month, Bill McGeeney, is joined by upwards of three guests to help you grow your awareness and understanding of both the challenges and the road to recovering our disappearing nighttime ecosystem.

This episode's guests:

• Randy Nelson, PhD, Circadian Rhythm Researcher.
• Scott Lind, Electrical Engineer, CEO Redshift Lighting.
• Rushil Kukreja, Founder of Princia.

Bill's News Picks:

• Space Modernization for the 21st Century NPRM, FCC.
• Palo Alto approves dark sky ordinance, sets earlier curfew, Riley Cooke, Palo Alto Online.
• Widespread influence of artificial light at night on ecosystem metabolism, Nature.
• Midnight darkness and evening melatonin pre-treatment reverse night-light-induced neurobehavioural disruptions in a diurnal corvid, Scientific Reports.
• The night feels different when you’re out there', Dr. Jon Sutton, The British Psychological Society.

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• 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:

The path to sustainable starry night solutions begin with being a more informed you.

Light Pollution, once thought to be solely detrimental to astronomers, has proven to be an impactful issue across many disciplines of society including ecology, crime, technology, health, and much more!

But not all is lost! There are simple solutions that provide for big impacts. Each month, Bill McGeeney, is joined by upwards of three guests to help you grow your awareness and understanding of both the challenges and the road to recovering our disappearing nighttime ecosystem.