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More than just a sun tan: Ultraviolet light helps marine animals to tell the time of year – Science Daily
Changes in daylength are a well-established annual timing cue for animal behavior and physiology. An international collaboration of scientists now shows that, in…
Most organisms on earth depend on the energy from the sun. Sunlight is also an important coordinator of life’s timers. Animals take important cues for proliferation, activity, feeding, or sleep from changing light conditions. These rhythms also exist in humans — as changing light conditions across the year can strongly impact human mood and psychology.Part of the natural light from the sun we are exposed to consists of ultraviolet (UVA and UVB) light, a short-wavelength part of the spectrum that…
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