ReviewOrigins of life and evolution of the biosphere : the journal of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life2021
How the Geomagnetic Field Influences Life on Earth - An Integrated Approach to Geomagnetobiology.
Review in Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere : the journal of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
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- Human Responses to Magnetic and Hypomagnetic Fields: Available Evidence and Potential Risks for Deep Space Travel.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Incorporation of the magnetic field in GROMACS: validation and applications in biological systems.RSC advances · 2025Article
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- Low magnetic fields stimulate cardiac mitochondrial bioenergetics with a bell-shaped response: Possibly via a radical pair mechanism.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025Article
- The Role of Oxidative Stress in Hypomagnetic Field Effects.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Cellular and Molecular Effects of Magnetic Fields.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Safety of Exposure to 0.2 T and 4 Hz Rotating Magnetic Field: A Ten-Month Study on C57BL/6 Mice.Current issues in molecular biology · 2024Article
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- Correlations between geomagnetic field and global occurrence of cardiovascular diseases: evidence from 204 territories in different latitude.BMC public health · 2023Article
- 14-3-3 Proteins and the Plasma Membrane HPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- The Geomagnetic Field (GMF) Is Required for Lima Bean Photosynthesis and Reactive Oxygen Species Production.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Influence of electromagnetic fields on the circadian rhythm: Implications for human health and disease.Biomedical journal · 2023Review
- The effect of hypomagnetic field on survival and mitochondrial functionality of activeFrontiers in physiology · 2023Article
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- Effects of Magnetite Nanoparticles and Static Magnetic Field on Neural Differentiation of Pluripotent Stem Cells.Stem cell reviews and reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Earth is one of the inner planets of the Solar System, but - unlike the others - it has an oxidising atmosphere, relatively stable temperature, and a constant geomagnetic field (GMF). The GMF does not only protect life on Earth against the solar wind and cosmic rays, but it also shields the atmosphere itself, thus creating relatively stable environmental conditions. What is more, the GMF could have influenced the origins of life: organisms from archaea to plants and animals may have been using the GMF as a source of spatial information since the very beginning. Although the GMF is constant, it does undergo various changes, some of which, e.g. a reversal of the poles, weaken the field significantly or even lead to its short-term disappearance. This may result in considerable climatic changes and an increased frequency of mutations caused by the solar wind and cosmic radiation. This review analyses data on the influence of the GMF on different aspects of life and it also presents current knowledge in the area. In conclusion, the GMF has a positive impact on living organisms, whereas a diminishing or disappearing GMF negatively affects living organisms. The influence of the GMF may also be an important factor determining both survival of terrestrial organisms outside Earth and the emergence of life on other planets.
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