An experimental study of the biological effects of geomagnetic disturbances: The impact of a typical geomagnetic storm and its constituents on plants and animals

Naturally occurring geomagnetic storms have been shown to correlate with changes in organisms׳ biological processes. Changes in the geomagnetic field during a geomagnetic storm are complex and contain both slow changes of the geomagnetic field with frequencies of up to 0.001Hz, and various geomagnet...

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Published in:	Journal of atmospheric and solar-terrestrial physics Vol. 110-111; pp. 28 - 36
Main Authors:	Krylov, Viacheslav V., Zotov, Oleg D., Klain, Boris I., Ushakova, Natalia V., Kantserova, Nadezhda P., Znobisheva, Anna V., Izyumov, Yuri G., Kuz’mina, Victoria V., Morozov, Alexey A., Lysenko, Liudmila A., Nemova, Nina N., Osipova, Elena A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Ltd 01-04-2014
Subjects:	Biological effect Geomagnetic field Geomagnetic storm Pc1-pulsations Geomagnetic storm Biological effect Pc1-pulsations Geomagnetic field
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Summary:	Naturally occurring geomagnetic storms have been shown to correlate with changes in organisms׳ biological processes. Changes in the geomagnetic field during a geomagnetic storm are complex and contain both slow changes of the geomagnetic field with frequencies of up to 0.001Hz, and various geomagnetic pulsations observed in general to be within the range of 0.001–5Hz. Little is known about what frequency constituent of geomagnetic storms has the strongest effect on living organisms. This paper uses an experimental approach to demonstrate that organisms from different taxa principally respond to slow changes of the geomagnetic field corresponding with the main phase and the initial period of the recovery phase of a geomagnetic storm. Pc1 type pulsations, which are commonly regarded as biologically effective elements of geomagnetic disturbances, did not affect controlled parameters in our experiments. This paper may serve as a starting point for a thorough inquiry into the influence of slow fluctuations of the geomagnetic field on organisms. •Geomagnetic storms influence living systems.•Biological objects respond to the slow (up to 0.001Hz) changes of the geomagnetic field.•These changes correspond to the main phase and the recovery phase of the geomagnetic storm.•Pc1 type pulsations did not affect controlled parameters in our experiments.
ISSN:	1364-6826 1879-1824
DOI:	10.1016/j.jastp.2014.01.020