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Article and links that help you learn more about our work.

NOTE:  Most links are to external websites.

Articles/Links - Family Activities

• Family Activities from DarkSky.org

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• Find Dark Sky Friendly Lighting

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• NASA Lights at Night Puzzle (2013)

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Articles/Links - Crime/Safety

• Outdoor Lighting and Crime Prevention (2/2020)

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• Presentation to IDA - NICP (7/29/2021)

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Articles/Links - Medical Association Reports

• Blue Light and Macular Degeneration

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• Guidance to Reduce Harm From High Intensity Street Lights

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• LED Streetlights: Doctors issue warning (CNN)

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• Report Affirms Human Health Impacts from LEDs

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• The Dark Side of Blue Light

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Articles/Links - Outdoor Lighting Assistance

• Outdoor Lighting Basics

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Articles/Links - Street Lighting

• Street Lighting Technology

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Articles/Links - Miscellaneous Articles

• A Constellation of the Ten Most Influential Dark Sky Publications of 2019 (12/26/2019)

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• Artificial Light at Night: State of the Science 2023

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• Artificial Lighting May Shift Bird Migration by More Than a Week (1/14/2021)

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• BBC Article: Switching off lights (7/19/2021)

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• BBC: How Light Pollution Disrupts Plant's Senses (3/8/2023)

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• Carolina CoastOnline - Dark Sky EcoTourism (7/24/2021)

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• Covid-19 Skies (5/4/2020)

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• Early arrival dangerous for purple martins (12/18/2020)

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• EarthSky: Light pollution affects fish even into the next generation (9/27/2024)

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• Even a single light can disorient Monarch butterflies (5/22/2022)

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• Exposure to any light during sleep linked to obesity, serious health issues (6/22/2022)

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• Find Dark Sky Approved Products (8/4/2023)

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• KC Star: Other Cities Made a Mistake on LED streetlights (1/25/2022)

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• KC Stem Alliance - Walkway Lighting (5/3/2022)

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• Light Pollution and "The End of Night" (8/16/2013)

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• Light Pollution is More Dangerous Than You Think (1/1/2016)

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• Missouri Parks Association: Looking for the Milky Way, Try a Missouri Park (12/2022)

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• National Geographic article on light pollution (4/3/2019)

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• NewScientist: City moths may have evolved smaller wings due to light pollution (3/13/2024)

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• Night Lights & Bat Flights: The Impact of Light Pollution on Bats (7/30/2024)

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• Outdoor Lighting and Crime Prevention (2/2020)

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• Popular Mechanics: Your Night Light May Be Slowly Killing You (3/28/2022)

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• Sierra Club article on Kansas City Streetlights (5/3/2021)

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• Smithsonian: It's Time for a Worldwide Lights Out Program (4/14/2023)

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• Space.com: The loss of dark skies is so painful, astronomers coined a new term for it (9/18/2023)

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• Stargazing: Missouri's Heavenly Show (8/16/2023)

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• Sustainability Newsletter (St. Louis) (5/21/2019)

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• The Guardian: Streel Lighting increases theft from cars (3/29/2022)

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• The Race to Reclaim the Dark (6/14/2022)

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• Washington University - Making campus safe for feather friends (10/10/2019)

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