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From: brown@cs.rochester.edu (Chris Brown)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: DST Harmful?
Message-ID: <1991Apr7.180823.1462@cs.rochester.edu>
Date: 7 Apr 91 18:08:23 GMT
Reply-To: brown@cs.rochester.edu
Organization: University of Rochester Computer Science Department
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Jetlag and shift work -induced disorientation are noticeable factors in human performance.
I'm wondering if any work has been done on the effects of the twice-yearly switch
between standard and daylight-savings times on wildlife.  Do the lost
and gained hours disturb their alertness or reproductive cycle?
The spring switch could be especially bad for birds.
Since animals are often more sensitive than we know to even subtle environmental
changes, I'm wondering if our messing with their circadian rhythms in this way
has had any documented effects.

Another example of modern man's insensitivity to
Nature? If this topic has received no research, isn't it about time? Of course
I realize it's political dynamite.

Chris Brown
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