Mar 2024: Ar Hyd Y Nos

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Host Bill McGeeney is joined by storyteller Mary Stewart Adams, author of the new book - All Along the Night, Dani Robertson, and dark sky consultant, John Barentine.
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Please be sure to check out Dani Robertson's Book: All Through the Night.
Bill's Picks:

• Why flying insects gather at artificial light, Nature.
• Artificial light at night reduces earthworm activity but increases growth of invasive ragweed, BMC Ecology and Evolution.
• Artificial light at night affects the timing of roosting by Chimney Swifts, International Journal of Avian Science.
• David Duchovny tries to avoid 'electric light', BANG Showbiz.
• The majority of streets turned off at night in Bordeaux: what results after a year?, Jean Cittone, Le Figaro.
• Dark Skies: Watch as Powys lights go off for dark sky, BBC.
• Nocturnal Seafaring: the Reduction of Visibility at Night and its Impact on Ancient Mediterranean Seafaring. A Study Based on 8–4th Centuries BC Evidence, Journal of Maritime Archaeology.
• Orion and the Dark, Netflix.

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1. Mar 2024: Ar Hyd Y Nos (00:00:00)

2. Impact of Artificial Light on Ecosystems (00:12:21)

3. Correlation or Causation? (00:24:57)

4. 311 Police? (00:50:12)

5. Children's Glow-in-the-Dark Park Gone Bright (01:11:23)

6. Exploring Sensory Experience Through Performance (01:18:12)

7. Cultural Beliefs and Dark Sky Designations (01:47:36)