EXETER, UK, November 3 (WNM/Nature/University of Exeter) - A team led by the University of Exeter brought together more than 100 studies and found "widespread" impacts on animals and plants. Changes to animals' bodies and behaviour - especially hormone levels and patterns of waking and sleeping - were consistently found. The study shows that levels of melatonin (a hormone regulating sleep cycles) were reduced by exposure to artificial lighting at night in all animal species studied. "Lots of studies ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...