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Popular Science (13 July 2021)

7/16/2021

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This Colorado community fought to save its darkness — and all that relies on it to thrive

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When Smith and the rest of the Cliffs crew wanted to secure their sky status, they turned to the organization with the official stamp—the IDA—and employees like John Barentine, the IDA’s director of public policy. Barentine trained as an astronomer, and when he joined the group in 2013, he mostly thought of light pollution as something that disrupted those celestial studies. “It just did not register with me that it had these other effects that a broader swath of society might care about,” he says. Since Barentine came aboard, he’s learned why dark skies matter to people beyond those with big telescopes.
Read more: https://www.popsci.com/space/colorado-fights-light-pollution/
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The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) protects night skies across the globe. A few years ago, one of the organization's members reached out and asked for assistance — a community in Colorado was trading its pitch black sky for light pollution. This community has a lot to lose from light pollution — it's home to many species that rely on darkness for survival. For example, certain migratory birds nest here during the month of May, but will only lay eggs if there is darkness for their egg incubation period. Light pollution can cause animals in this area to hatch and leave before they should, which makes them vulnerable to predators or other dangers. (I would probably put a diagram here.)

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