Glowing, Glowing, Gone: What We Lose When We Turn On the Lights | Amy Oliver | TEDxUofA
What do fireflies, astronomers, bumblebees, cacti and night clubs all have in common? They all work better in the dark. Luckily, bringing our night skies back is well within our reach. Amy C. Oliver is Director of Smithsonian STARS— Scientists Taking Astronomy to Rural Schools— a program of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, Public Affairs Officer and Science Center Manager at CfA’s Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, and SkyNights Presenter at University of Arizona’s Mount Lemmon SkyCenter. As an informal science educator and communicator, Amy works to bridge gaps in access to science learning opportunities for emerging and future scientists. She is Principal scientific investigator on Dark SkyNet— a cross-border light pollution monitoring network— and Project GLOWworm, which found unexpected glowworms above 8,000 ft. in Southern Arizona. She holds a BA from University of Louisiana-Lafayette, MS from University of Oklahoma, and DEI certification from University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Amy was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 2021 and currently serves as Chair of the Tucson/Pima County Outdoor Lighting Code Committee. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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