Protecting Our Dark Skies

About this episode

The episode discusses the threats to dark night skies and the necessary actions to protect them.

What are the threats to our dark night skies? And what needs to be done to protect them? Izzie, Dr Becky and Robert explore this important topic and head outside (...and the weather was not on their side!)  Thank you to Dr Samantha Lawler at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan and Andy Lawrence, the Regis professor of astronomy at the University of Edinburgh.  Don't forget to join  The Supermassive Club  for ad-free listening, forum access, and extra content from the team.  The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media production. The producers are Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollingham. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Izzie, Dr Becky, Robert

Topics covered

• dark skies
• light pollution
• astronomy
• environment
• protection

Keywords

• dark skies
• light pollution
• astronomy
• environment
• protection
• night sky
• weather

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Regina, University of Edinburgh, Boffin Media, Acast

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