Sun for Life Blog – Facts and Science about Sunlight, Health, and UV Radiation

How to find a new rhythm when there’s less light? Returning from Crete to Poland marks a new beginning for me – and a new test for my internal clock. Autumn, with its equinox, shorter days, and invitation to slow down, gently calls for a shift in pace.​ In this personal entry from the Notes from the Sunny Island series, I share how simple daily rituals can support our bodies during seasonal transitions.

Skin color is the result of a brilliant survival strategy – for thousands of years, pigmentation adapted to the amount of sunlight in the environment.
Today, however, our lives look very different from the past – we spend most of our time indoors, with very little contact with natural sunlight…

Skin colour is the result of a brilliant survival strategy, encoded in our bodies over thousands of years. Skin pigmentation is no accident – it is nature’s precise response to the amount of light in our environment.