America’s National Parks Podcast
Society & Culture:Places & Travel
80 percent of the world’s population lives under what’s called “skyglow.” In the United States and Europe, 99 percent of the public can’t experience a natural night. Light is helpful to people, of course, but it’s also one of our greatest pollutants. Artificial light brings disastrous consequences to wildlife, especially birds, bats, insects, and sea turtles.
This episode is a little different than most of our shows. Today, we travel to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, where for generations, the night sky helped the original Polynesian sailors find their way across the sea. The audio comes from the park’s Voices of Science audio series, hosted by Brittni Connell, who talks with experts about light pollution and how the park is working to eradicate it.
Ballads of Big Bend
Rangers Make the Difference
The 14th Colony
The Land That Made a President
Unleashing a Tamed River
Acadia National Park and the Year Maine Burned
The Gateway to Arizona
Alcatraz and the Civil War
The Curse of the Petrified Forest
Drunken Subterranian Terrorism
Dred and Harriet Scott
Legends of Denali
Lady Liberty
Delicate Arch, and the Strange 1950s Schemes to Reinforce It
Muir, Roosevelt, and Yosemite: A Camping Trip That Changed the World
California Condors
An Island Prison
The Voyageurs
Pirates and Parks
37 Days in Yellowstone
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