The Darkness News Update for November 27, 2025

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Highlights from this episode:  - Big News  - Amber LEDs  - The Flu  - Revoked Status  Intro and outro music by Doctor Turtle  Sponsored by The National Association of Innovative Lighting Distributors visit https://naild.org/  Headlines and Sources can be found at https://restoringdarkness.com/  Find the Darkness News Update on BluSky https://bsky.app/profile/darknessnewsupdate.bsky.social

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00:00hi there i'm recording this on november 26th 2025 and that means two things if you got something to

00:10be thankful for great if you don't make it it's also time for the darkness news update brought

00:18to you by the national association of innovative lighting distributors and their soon to launch

00:25a long-awaited darkness restaurant darkness restoration one training program this is first

00:32in class first in kind education about light pollution restoring darkness night conservation

00:37whatever jargon we're supposed to be using for it now for lighting professionals this will be

00:44again a series of short modules that will enable people to begin work in reducing light pollution

00:53and improving the nighttime environment overall and i gotta start by saying that i got to go to

01:01the sea turtle conservancy's annual workshop in in gainesville florida last week and i was really

01:09worried about going as a speaker i'm not necessarily great in front of a public audience i'm also not

01:14really great working a powerpoint presentation but everyone there made me feel so welcome and

01:20so appreciated and i was so glad to be able to present a couple of ideas to them and i was also

01:26tremendously glad to hear from all the other speakers i learned so much just about flip-flops on the beach

01:34work on conserving turtles i learned about how people change minds i learned about policy i learned about

01:41repopulating plant life in dunes that was fun i don't know if i'm ever gonna have to do that but i'm glad

01:47i learned it and i had a great time and i want to be again i have to publicly express my gratitude

01:53to them for doing this the news starts off with the international commission of on illumination's

02:02new position statement on obtrusive light and light pollution first edition uh this is ps

02:09003 2025 this is a new ongoing document that focusing that focuses on achieving balance between the benefits

02:19of nighttime lighting and the need to minimize its adverse effects this document uh summarizes the

02:27current state of knowledge outlines best practices for mitigating obtrusive light and identifies the key

02:33areas for further research to guide responsible lighting design and that's freaking great i gotta say

02:42that's all i can say about that congratulations to the cie for publishing that and i hope the work on that

02:48continues going forward we have a new study from cranfield university studying 86 locations

02:55that found that whole ecosystems actually have metabolisms and that light pollution changes them

03:04uh specifically gross primary production and ecosystem respiration change with light pollution levels

03:11we have a spanish study on led project products specifically talking about low cct led pc amber led and how

03:19that interacts with light pollution standards this is a great breakdown out of a bunch of different products

03:24and a bunch of different types weighing the pros and cons of filters lenses and led sources and

03:30really it determines that you have to reduce blue at the source no amount of lensing is really going to do it

03:38for you we have a new flicker study from lund university and it calls for modulation rates in excess of 100 hertz

03:47for comfort uh we have a possible mrna vaccine to reduce macular degeneration uh this is uh based on a study of mice

03:59but it does show that the dual vaccination improves uh the aging eye kristin knudson has published a new

04:07scientific statement on circadian rhythm and health this new paper calls for health care professionals and

04:14policy makers to recognize the role of circadian rhythm in care and prevention in heart health

04:20especially we also have a study that shows that circadian disruption

04:25that circadian disruption makes lab mice more vulnerable to the flu off-cycle sleep and off-cycle

04:34feeding increases the risk of infection and spread of influenza a the endothel clock has been linked with

04:41organ development specifically blood vessel help health uh the university of glasgow is tracking

04:47sensory pollutants for owls both sound and light and they have found in particular tawny owls

04:54are having trouble reproducing in well-lit areas but not the well-lit areas near highways that's the

05:01interesting part um that apparently um maybe maybe there's something about the highways that just gives

05:06them more access to prey i don't know it's a bit of a it it more study head thinker maybe you can talk

05:13to someone about it we have a study that shows that dim light at night changes the shape of hamster

05:20pestis this is from the news desk of i read it so now you know need to know about it too but this study

05:28also identified effects to liver metabolism of syrian hamsters syrian hamsters are a breed of hamster like

05:36french poodles they don't have to be from syria but there are probably some downstream effects on

05:41reproduction overall in mexico city the city will begin regulating light pollution uh the environmental

05:49law for the protection of land in the federal district district has been amended to limit light

05:55trespass uplight and glare port myers florida will be stepping up planning enforcement next year with new

06:02plans for awareness building during sea turtle season rehoboth beach uh in delaware is pondering

06:08a new lighting ordinance uh that's coming up for a vote soon simsbury connecticut is referring their

06:15proposed lighting ordinance to the county uh the planning commission of the town is going to try to get

06:21this happen that get the changes happening at the county level codes in baberton ohio they have

06:28announced an indefinite ban on new data centers uh this moratorium will specifically address the noise

06:36and light provided by those centers in bellevue idaho residue residents are playing are complaining about

06:44new autoplex lighting this is a very large car dealership that just went came together and i gotta say

06:51um link will be on restoringdarkness.com or if you're on the video version over bearish bearish sorry and uh

07:01yeah it looks bad bro bro bro brockline massachusetts has tabled their nuisance lighting bylaw they had

07:08planned on reducing light trespass to a single tenth of a foot candle uh but that law has been bounced over

07:16to committee we'll see if that goes forward in glenn georgia turtle experts are calling for more action

07:22they have a proposed possibly passed uh staged lighting change retrofit law so that over time

07:31areas closer to the beach would be subject to more and more strict rules and that would carry up

07:37further away from the beach but it's moving from the planning commission to public debate and then city

07:44council itself big cypress national preserve might lose its dark sky status uh this is due to the ice

07:53and dhs detention facility that they built nearby it has a stupid nickname that i'm not going to say

07:59but it is a light hazard for the entire region in better news three towns in yorkshire have joined

08:07at the greater north york moors dark sky zone specifically huswaith lastingham and slate home

08:13uh slate home dale slate home dale sorry they are all already inside the zone but their towns have

08:19been uh you know working to ensure lighting compliance parks uh specifically sports fields

08:26in apache junction arizona have been recognized by dark sky specifically the softball fields at

08:32prospector park and superstitions shadows park this is part of a larger pursuit of an urban dark sky

08:38place certification little bits at a time i guess two arizona state parks are expanding their astrotourism

08:46offerings specifically kit peak and lowell observatory they're adding open decks finished decks that you can

08:53park your telescopes on they'll be hosting events on there it's probably going to be a big time good

08:58time going forward fall long national scenic area in sichuan is now a dark sky park this is a first for

09:04china speaking of china the shenzhou 20s hull was cracked by space debris which means it's no longer

09:11be safe it's no longer safe to be used three crew members are presently stranded waiting for

09:19the shenzhou 22 to come pick them up well they haven't announced when that's actually going to happen

09:26again slow worth orbit low orbit objects are a source of light pollution for astronomers and also a source of

09:35danger for people if we're going to keep putting people in space in things that are not sponsored but i think

09:42are cool cyclone lighting has new lenses for their products and they meet dark sky

09:47international's requirements for lighting projects products and they look pretty good

09:51actually overall again not paying me to say that dark sky international has named their annual award

09:59winners with people and places recognized for their work in the past year as well as one lifetime

10:04achievement award that all happened at the start of the under one sky conference and i extend my

10:10congratulations to all of them

10:12i also want to extend my thanks to you for your time and attention uh if you want to leave a rating

10:20a review or leave a donation that's great soft lights gets the donations and they do good work i also

10:26want to thank nailed and darkness restoration one for backing this show and until next time take care of

10:34yourself

10:47you

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