Natural ELF fields in the atmosphere and in living organisms
Most electrical activity in vertebrates and invertebrates occurs at extremely low frequencies (ELF), with characteristic maxima below 50 Hz. The origin of these frequency maxima is unknown and remains a mystery. We propose that over billions of years during the evolutionary history of living organis...
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| author | Price, Colin Williams, Earle R. Elhalel, Gal Sentman, Dave |
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| description | Most electrical activity in vertebrates and invertebrates occurs at extremely low frequencies (ELF), with characteristic maxima below 50 Hz. The origin of these frequency maxima is unknown and remains a mystery. We propose that over billions of years during the evolutionary history of living organisms on Earth, the natural electromagnetic resonant frequencies in the atmosphere, continuously generated by global lightning activity, provided the background electric fields for the development of cellular electrical activity. In some animals, the electrical spectrum is difficult to differentiate from the natural background atmospheric electric field produced by lightning. In this paper, we present evidence for the link between the natural ELF fields and those found in many living organisms, including humans. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1293762022-10-03T07:45:18Z Natural ELF fields in the atmosphere and in living organisms Price, Colin Williams, Earle R. Elhalel, Gal Sentman, Dave Parsons Laboratory for Environmental Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Most electrical activity in vertebrates and invertebrates occurs at extremely low frequencies (ELF), with characteristic maxima below 50 Hz. The origin of these frequency maxima is unknown and remains a mystery. We propose that over billions of years during the evolutionary history of living organisms on Earth, the natural electromagnetic resonant frequencies in the atmosphere, continuously generated by global lightning activity, provided the background electric fields for the development of cellular electrical activity. In some animals, the electrical spectrum is difficult to differentiate from the natural background atmospheric electric field produced by lightning. In this paper, we present evidence for the link between the natural ELF fields and those found in many living organisms, including humans. 2021-01-11T20:45:21Z 2021-01-11T20:45:21Z 2020-02 2020-01 2021-01-05T04:59:54Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0020-7128 1432-1254 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129376 Price, Colin et al. "Natural ELF fields in the atmosphere and in living organisms." International Journal of Biometeorology 65, 1 (February 2020): 85-92 © 2020 ISB en https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-020-01864-6 International Journal of Biometeorology Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. ISB application/pdf Springer Science and Business Media LLC Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| spellingShingle | Price, Colin Williams, Earle R. Elhalel, Gal Sentman, Dave Natural ELF fields in the atmosphere and in living organisms |
| title | Natural ELF fields in the atmosphere and in living organisms |
| title_full | Natural ELF fields in the atmosphere and in living organisms |
| title_fullStr | Natural ELF fields in the atmosphere and in living organisms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Natural ELF fields in the atmosphere and in living organisms |
| title_short | Natural ELF fields in the atmosphere and in living organisms |
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