Dr Chris Barnes
@drchrisbarnes.bsky.social
Chartered Psychologist | Dark and Quiet Skies Advocate | Nature Connection Research | Nature at Night
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🌙 Families, friends & nature lovers - join me &
@Buglife for Curious Craneflies, a fun night-time citizen science activity! 🦟 Free, easy & perfect for half term. Help us explore what nature at night means to people. 🌌👇
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#NatureAtNight @derbyuni.bsky.social
@Buglife for Curious Craneflies, a fun night-time citizen science activity! 🦟 Free, easy & perfect for half term. Help us explore what nature at night means to people. 🌌👇
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#NatureAtNight @derbyuni.bsky.social
🌙 Families, friends & nature lovers - join me &
@Buglife for Curious Craneflies, a fun night-time citizen science activity! 🦟 Free, easy & perfect for half term. Help us explore what nature at night means to people. 🌌👇
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#NatureAtNight @derbyuni.bsky.social
@Buglife for Curious Craneflies, a fun night-time citizen science activity! 🦟 Free, easy & perfect for half term. Help us explore what nature at night means to people. 🌌👇
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#NatureAtNight @derbyuni.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
🌙 Families, friends & nature lovers - join me &
@Buglife for Curious Craneflies, a fun night-time citizen science activity! 🦟 Free, easy & perfect for half term. Help us explore what nature at night means to people. 🌌👇
derby.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#NatureAtNight @derbyuni.bsky.social
@Buglife for Curious Craneflies, a fun night-time citizen science activity! 🦟 Free, easy & perfect for half term. Help us explore what nature at night means to people. 🌌👇
derby.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#NatureAtNight @derbyuni.bsky.social
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Landmarks across the world are going dark tonight for #EarthHour! 🌍
More and more people are calling for stronger action to protect our planet, and it’s clear that Britons are ready to see our government step up. 💪
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
More and more people are calling for stronger action to protect our planet, and it’s clear that Britons are ready to see our government step up. 💪
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
Campaigners urge Government to strengthen action on nature ahead of Earth Hour
Landmarks across the world, including Buckingham Palace in the UK, will go dark for an hour on Saturday for WWF’s annual campaign.
www.independent.co.uk
March 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Landmarks across the world are going dark tonight for #EarthHour! 🌍
More and more people are calling for stronger action to protect our planet, and it’s clear that Britons are ready to see our government step up. 💪
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
More and more people are calling for stronger action to protect our planet, and it’s clear that Britons are ready to see our government step up. 💪
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
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🚨 ESO analysis confirms that the INNA industrial megaproject would have a devastating and irreversible impact on the facilities at Paranal Observatory.
Full story ➡️ www.eso.org/public/news/...
Details in 🧵 below 👇
🧪 🔭 #astrosci 1/
Full story ➡️ www.eso.org/public/news/...
Details in 🧵 below 👇
🧪 🔭 #astrosci 1/
New ESO analysis confirms severe damage from industrial complex planned near Paranal
An in-depth technical analysis by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has evaluated the impact of the INNA megaproject on the facilities at the Paranal Observatory, Chile — and the results are ala...
www.eso.org
March 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🚨 ESO analysis confirms that the INNA industrial megaproject would have a devastating and irreversible impact on the facilities at Paranal Observatory.
Full story ➡️ www.eso.org/public/news/...
Details in 🧵 below 👇
🧪 🔭 #astrosci 1/
Full story ➡️ www.eso.org/public/news/...
Details in 🧵 below 👇
🧪 🔭 #astrosci 1/
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Contact. Beauty. Meaning. Emotion. Compassion.
These are the five pathways to nature connectedness.
📷 @michaelstevenharris.com
📍 The Bostle, Woodingdean
#SouthDowns #EmbraceTheDarkness #Mindfulness
These are the five pathways to nature connectedness.
📷 @michaelstevenharris.com
📍 The Bostle, Woodingdean
#SouthDowns #EmbraceTheDarkness #Mindfulness
March 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Contact. Beauty. Meaning. Emotion. Compassion.
These are the five pathways to nature connectedness.
📷 @michaelstevenharris.com
📍 The Bostle, Woodingdean
#SouthDowns #EmbraceTheDarkness #Mindfulness
These are the five pathways to nature connectedness.
📷 @michaelstevenharris.com
📍 The Bostle, Woodingdean
#SouthDowns #EmbraceTheDarkness #Mindfulness
Reposted by Dr Chris Barnes
I can’t travel now, but my journey continues with a guache+pencils sketch. This picture by @michaelstevenharris.com was so inspiring 🥹
March 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I can’t travel now, but my journey continues with a guache+pencils sketch. This picture by @michaelstevenharris.com was so inspiring 🥹
Arrived back home after a fantastic day at the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social light pollution conference – what an incredible experience! I’m so pleased to have been one of the invited speakers, & to talk about the impact of #light #pollution on human #psychological #health & #night #sky #connection.
January 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Arrived back home after a fantastic day at the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social light pollution conference – what an incredible experience! I’m so pleased to have been one of the invited speakers, & to talk about the impact of #light #pollution on human #psychological #health & #night #sky #connection.
I’m looking forward to the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social conference tomorrow about #light #pollution. Excited to be headed to London now!
January 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I’m looking forward to the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social conference tomorrow about #light #pollution. Excited to be headed to London now!
Recording this podcast for the 'Night Sky Tourist' was great and lots of fun - "The Stargazer’s Mind: The Psychology of Looking Up" - nightskytourist.com/113/. There are plenty of other amazing podcasts and fantastic speakers listed on there too! #nightskyconnection #lightpollution #natureatnight
Episode 113- The Stargazer's Mind: The Psychology of Looking Up with Dr. Christopher Barnes - Night Sky Tourist
What happens in our brains when we look up at night? Dr. Chris Barnes takes us into the stargazer's mind and the psychology of stargazing.
nightskytourist.com
January 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Recording this podcast for the 'Night Sky Tourist' was great and lots of fun - "The Stargazer’s Mind: The Psychology of Looking Up" - nightskytourist.com/113/. There are plenty of other amazing podcasts and fantastic speakers listed on there too! #nightskyconnection #lightpollution #natureatnight
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Great to see the town of Hertford will once again run its Dark Skies Hertford event on 1 Feb 2025. The castle lights will be switched off and there will be stargazing on the grounds as well as festival talks and a screening of "The City Dark". Looking forward! www.hertford.gov.uk/events-listi...
December 19, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Great to see the town of Hertford will once again run its Dark Skies Hertford event on 1 Feb 2025. The castle lights will be switched off and there will be stargazing on the grounds as well as festival talks and a screening of "The City Dark". Looking forward! www.hertford.gov.uk/events-listi...
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📆 Save the date – 30 Jan 2025
Mark your calendar & grab a free ticket for our dark skies + light pollution conference next month. Held @royalastrosoc.bsky.social here in London it will cover night sky protection, policy, environment, human health & more! darksky.london/2024/12/18/l...
Mark your calendar & grab a free ticket for our dark skies + light pollution conference next month. Held @royalastrosoc.bsky.social here in London it will cover night sky protection, policy, environment, human health & more! darksky.london/2024/12/18/l...
Light Pollution and its Impacts Conference – January 2025
On 30 January 2025, there will be a free, all-day conference in London on the topic of ‘Light Pollution and its Impacts’. Across multiple sessions, we will hear from invited speakers on…
darksky.london
December 18, 2024 at 4:07 PM
📆 Save the date – 30 Jan 2025
Mark your calendar & grab a free ticket for our dark skies + light pollution conference next month. Held @royalastrosoc.bsky.social here in London it will cover night sky protection, policy, environment, human health & more! darksky.london/2024/12/18/l...
Mark your calendar & grab a free ticket for our dark skies + light pollution conference next month. Held @royalastrosoc.bsky.social here in London it will cover night sky protection, policy, environment, human health & more! darksky.london/2024/12/18/l...
Nature Connections Conference 2025 - Derby, UK - is on its way!
December 17, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Nature Connections Conference 2025 - Derby, UK - is on its way!
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Want to find out more about the comet samples returned by NASA's Stardust mission? Or perhaps future sample returns from Mercury to Pluto? ☄️
Why not come along to this month's Royal Astronomical Society A&G Highlights meeting from 4-6pm on Friday 13 December at the Geological Society.
Why not come along to this month's Royal Astronomical Society A&G Highlights meeting from 4-6pm on Friday 13 December at the Geological Society.
December 7, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Want to find out more about the comet samples returned by NASA's Stardust mission? Or perhaps future sample returns from Mercury to Pluto? ☄️
Why not come along to this month's Royal Astronomical Society A&G Highlights meeting from 4-6pm on Friday 13 December at the Geological Society.
Why not come along to this month's Royal Astronomical Society A&G Highlights meeting from 4-6pm on Friday 13 December at the Geological Society.
It is great to see our new book released - Expanding Frontiers of #Neonatal #Care
(www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-...) co-edited with Emeritus Professor Adamson-Macedo and co-written by a wonderful interdisciplinary team from across the world.
#University of #Derby
(www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-...) co-edited with Emeritus Professor Adamson-Macedo and co-written by a wonderful interdisciplinary team from across the world.
#University of #Derby
December 2, 2024 at 12:56 PM
It is great to see our new book released - Expanding Frontiers of #Neonatal #Care
(www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-...) co-edited with Emeritus Professor Adamson-Macedo and co-written by a wonderful interdisciplinary team from across the world.
#University of #Derby
(www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-...) co-edited with Emeritus Professor Adamson-Macedo and co-written by a wonderful interdisciplinary team from across the world.
#University of #Derby
I’ve had such a lovely week advocating for #darkskies!
Monday, I gave a talk titled "The Psychology of Dark Skies: Reconnecting People with the Night" as part of the Psychology Open Science Series.
Wednesday, I hosted my first #astronomy-related #night #sky event at the University of Derby.
Monday, I gave a talk titled "The Psychology of Dark Skies: Reconnecting People with the Night" as part of the Psychology Open Science Series.
Wednesday, I hosted my first #astronomy-related #night #sky event at the University of Derby.
November 21, 2024 at 1:38 PM
I’ve had such a lovely week advocating for #darkskies!
Monday, I gave a talk titled "The Psychology of Dark Skies: Reconnecting People with the Night" as part of the Psychology Open Science Series.
Wednesday, I hosted my first #astronomy-related #night #sky event at the University of Derby.
Monday, I gave a talk titled "The Psychology of Dark Skies: Reconnecting People with the Night" as part of the Psychology Open Science Series.
Wednesday, I hosted my first #astronomy-related #night #sky event at the University of Derby.
Reposted by Dr Chris Barnes
Research talk with @drchrisbarnes.bsky.social tomorrow night at @dubrekstudios.bsky.social in Derby. Come along if you are free!
November 17, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Research talk with @drchrisbarnes.bsky.social tomorrow night at @dubrekstudios.bsky.social in Derby. Come along if you are free!
Reposted by Dr Chris Barnes
‘Parents and babies simply can’t wait…’
New report by the Maternal Mental Health Alliance calls for more investment in maternal mental health services.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
New report by the Maternal Mental Health Alliance calls for more investment in maternal mental health services.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
‘Parents and babies simply can’t wait’ | BPS
New report by the Maternal Mental Health Alliance calls for more investment in maternal mental health services.
www.bps.org.uk
November 11, 2024 at 4:43 PM
‘Parents and babies simply can’t wait…’
New report by the Maternal Mental Health Alliance calls for more investment in maternal mental health services.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
New report by the Maternal Mental Health Alliance calls for more investment in maternal mental health services.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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I’m thrilled to be part of a podcast by the Australian Broadcasting Company - All in the Mind Series - about the Night Sky & that features my recent research #natureatnight #lightpollution #stargazing #Wellbeing - www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Turning sleeplessness into stargazing - ABC listen
Can't sleep? Worries keeping you up at night? It might be time to look to the stars.
For National Science Week, we're investigating the relationship between the night sky and mental wellbeing.
So ca...
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2024 at 12:19 PM
I’m thrilled to be part of a podcast by the Australian Broadcasting Company - All in the Mind Series - about the Night Sky & that features my recent research #natureatnight #lightpollution #stargazing #Wellbeing - www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Our new paper is out, "Development & testing of the #NightSky #Connectedness Index (NSCI)". This new measure is intended to offer an insight into the human-nightsky relationship.
Open Access👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Open Access👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Development and testing of the Night Sky Connectedness Index (NSCI)
Whilst there is a growing interest in people's relationship with the natural world, much of the literature in this area tends to focus on daytime beha…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 10, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Our new paper is out, "Development & testing of the #NightSky #Connectedness Index (NSCI)". This new measure is intended to offer an insight into the human-nightsky relationship.
Open Access👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Open Access👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...