The holiday season may be over and with that follows the taking down of holiday lights, but for Dr. Aaron Schirmer, a chronobiologist at Northeastern Illinois University, light is a year-round focus. Chronobiology is the study of how light impacts animals and how it impacts both animal and human health. Dr. Schirmer's lab focuses on circadian clocks which use things like sunlight to sync our internal and external environments, which influences our schedule throughout the day. Dr. Schirmer highlights how excess light affects animals and their health and provides some simple solutions we can undertake to limit excess light pollution at night.
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