Geophysicist Pilipenko told whether magnetic storms affect a person

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Most experts tend to believe that magnetic storms have little or no effect on humans and only affect the weakest and most vulnerable. About this “socialbites.ca” said the head of the near-Earth space physics laboratory of the Institute of Earth Physics. O.Yu. Schmidt RAS, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Vyacheslav Pilipenko.

“So far, this is a little explored territory. Many scientists deny this effect, and I am one of them. In the conditions of a big city, a tram passing by creates more magnetic field disturbances than any magnetic storm. On the other hand, there are statistics confirming that the number of ambulance calls increases during magnetic storms. It is impossible to completely deny this effect because the effect may not be on everyone, but on people who are borderline – for example, this is a woman giving birth in a hospital or a person with heart failure. In the rest, the effect is very weak, often imperceptible,” he explained.

Pilipenko added that magnetic storms have a much greater impact on electronics – particularly strong storms can disable power lines. For more information on why this happens and where “extreme” magnetic storms come from, see “Extreme” magnetic storms. material “socialbites.ca”.

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