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thumb|right|The Sun, as seen from low Earth orbit overlooking the International Space Station. This sunlight is not filtered by the lower atmosphere, which blocks much of the solar spectrum.
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Sunlight is electromagnetic radiation that travels from the Sun to Earth, and the lower atmosphere filters out significant portions of it before reaching the surface. It matters because it provides the energy that drives weather, enables photosynthesis, and supports life on our planet.
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Research
135,891 papers- Biological Effects of Sunlight, Ultraviolet Radiation, Visible Light, Infrared Radiation and Vitamin D for Health.ReviewAnticancer research · 2016Holick MF
- Sunlight exposure: Do health benefits outweigh harm?ReviewThe Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology · 2018Razzaque MSDOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2016.09.004
- Sunlight-triggered facial oedema.European journal of dermatology : EJD · 2024Chu Y, Zhou JDOI: 10.1684/ejd.2024.4724
- Sunlight exposure in association with risk of lymphoid malignancy: a meta-analysis of observational studies.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2021Kim HB, Kim JHDOI: 10.1007/s10552-021-01404-6
- How sunlight causes melanoma.ReviewCurrent oncology reports · 2010Garibyan L, Fisher DEDOI: 10.1007/s11912-010-0119-y
- "The Darkness": Deprivation of sunlight as a form of torture.ReviewTorture : quarterly journal on rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture · 2023Kilpatrick J, S Crosby S, Chisholm BDOI: 10.7146/torture.v33i1.133860
- Sunlight and Protection Against Influenza.Economics and human biology · 2021Slusky DJG, Zeckhauser RJDOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2020.100942
- Leisure time, sunlight exposure and cataracts.ReviewDocumenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology · 1994Klein BE, Cruickshanks KJ, Klein RDOI: 10.1007/BF01203683
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- Instance of
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