Feb 2024: A Space for Celebration

Host Bill McGeeney is joined by freelance writer, Lauren Collee, astronomer, Tim Brothers, and film maker, Tara Roberts Zabriski.

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Bill's Picks:

• It’s autumn everywhere except under this streetlight, Be Smart.
• The Small Town That Turned Christmas Lights Into an Economic Miracle, Ruth Simon and Dave Cole, The Wall Street Journal.
• City of Davis looking for better ideas to light up streets, James Yalor, CBS News Sacramento. 
• Streetlight Color Temperatures our Community Cares About, City of Boulder.
• Power outage and environmental justice in Winter Storm Uri: an analytical workflow based on nighttime light remote sensing, International Journal of Digital Earth.
• An inventory of human light exposure behaviour, Scientific Reports.
• In rural California, bright Santa Tracker spotlight divides a community, Clare Fonstein, San Francisco Chronicle. 
• Maine’s Penobscot Watershed Is Too Important to Allow Mining, Linda Coutant, National Parks Conservation Association.
• Influence of COVID-19 on night-time lights in Czechia, Journal of Maps.

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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...