What is a Schumann Resonance?

[Dover]

What is a Schumann Resonance?


Believe it or not, the Earth behaves like an enormous electric circuit. The atmosphere is actually a weak conductor and if there were no sources of charge, its existing electric charge would diffuse away in about 10 minutes. There is a 'cavity 'defined by the surface of the Earth and the inner edge of the ionosphere 55 kilometers up. At any moment, the total charge residing in this cavity is 500,000 Coulombs. There is a vertical current flow between the ground and the ionosphere of 1 - 3 x 10^-12 Amperes per square meter. The resistance of the atmosphere is 200 Ohms. The voltage potential is 200,000 Volts. There are about 1000 lightning storms at any given moment worldwide. Each produces 0.5 to 1 Ampere and these collectively account for the measured current flow in the Earth's 'electromagnetic' cavity. ...cont'd

http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/q768.html

For more information, see:

"Handbook of Atmospheric Electrodynamics, vol. I", by Hans Volland, 1995
published by the CRC Press. Chapter 11 is entirely on Schumann Resonances.


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The terrestrial stationary waves phenomenon is named after physicist Winfried Otto Schumann who predicted it mathematically in 1952.

Schumann resonance occurs because the space between the surface of the Earth and the conductive ionosphere acts as a waveguide. The limited dimensions of the Earth cause this waveguide to act as a resonant cavity for electromagnetic waves in the ELF band. The cavity is naturally excited by energy from lightning strikes. The lowest-frequency (and highest-intensity) mode of the Schumann resonance is at a frequency of approximately 7.83 Hz.The fundamental mode of the Schumann Resonance is a standing wave in the earth-ionosphere cavity with a wavelength equal to the circumference of the earth. Additional resonant peaks are found at 14, 20, 26, 33, 39 and 45 Hz.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schumann_resonance

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IONOSPHERIC RADIATION

Copyright Harold Aspden, 1997


Research Note: 07/97: MARCH 31, 1997


It was in August, 1996 that I received a communication from A. G. Callegari
of Dane Bridge Nursery, Much Hadham, Herts SG10 6JG, England. It was dated
August 2nd and concerned his experimental findings on the measurement of
'Schumann Resonance'. What he had to say led me to look up the comments
expressed by Tom Valone in his paper: 'Powerline EMF Radiation and Your
Health' (Proceedings of United States Psychotronics Association Conference,
1990), my copy being a pamphlet version issued by Tom Valone from the
Integrity Research Institute, 1377 K Street NW, Suite 204, Washington, DC
20005, USA.

I began to make sense of a figure (Fig. 2 on p. 15 of that pamphlet) which
gave a radiation intensity spectrum of the frequency pattern for the
observed Schumann resonance. My concern was that the fundamental frequency
component peaking at roughly 8 Hz was about 10 per cent weaker in strength
than the second harmonic component which peaked at about 15 Hz, whilst the
third harmonic at 20 Hz was about 85% of the strength of the fundamental
component. The fourth and fifth harmonics seemed to be at 26 Hz (55%
strength) and 33 Hz (30% strength).

Now this simply should not be, unless there is some factor at work other
than the action setting up the fundamental oscillation. The Callegari
communication indicated that he was using a frequency counter model WFC 308
made by Wisher in Taiwan. It specified that no antenna was used, by which I
inferred that there was no local resonant circuit which could distort the
frequency spectrum of the signal to be analyzed. It then stated:

"Frequencies in the range 7.06 to 8.45 Hz have been measured continuously
at this site since January 1993, except in February 1996, when values
increased suddenly to a temporary range (13.4 to 14.25 Hz) which lasted for
about half a minute before falling back to the saturating value. Relaxation
from that value appears to be semi- asymptotic of the order of 15 minutes.
Analysis of existing data shows strong correlations with Schumann
resonance, atmospheric and Telluric temperature changes and
discontinuities, brain-wave frequency band limits (theta to alpha and alpha
to beta), .... "

cont'd

http://www.kryon.org/science/schumann.html

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Schumann Resonance Measurements as a Sensitive Diagnostic for Global Change
http://nigec.ucdavis.edu/publications/ar/annual95/northeast/project07.html

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The Schumann Resonances and Human Psychobiology
Our brain waves share and are attuned to certain frequencies of the Schumann's resonances, the ELF signals that pulsate between the Earth's crust and ionosphere.

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PLANETARY RHYTHMS AND HUMAN HEALTH
Lewis B. Hainsworth of Western Australia seems to be the first researcher to recognise the relationship of brain-wave frequencies to the naturally circulating rhythmic signals, known as Schumann's resonances (SR), in the space between the surface of the Earth and the ionosphere. Hainsworth imparted this awareness to Dr Robert O. Becker, noted electromagnetics pollution expert, and to Harvard neurologists as early as 1975.

In 1977, this phenomenon--the relationship between brain-wave rhythms and the spectrum of the natural Earth ELF (extremely low frequency) signals--became the basis for Itzhak Bentov's Stalking the Wild Pendulum (Dutton, 1977). Later research confirmed a relationship to human health and well-being and even to ESP or psi phenomena.

Hainsworth sent up a clarion cry against hazardous EM (electromagnetic) pollution, whose dangers pale in comparison to the threat of technologies such as HAARP , which sends violent pulsations into the Earth's ionosphere, potentially disrupting the entire electromagnetic shield of the planet and certainly affecting the whole biosphere and thus human welfare in general.

Some research has suggested that the frequency of the basic Schumann's resonance has recently been rising in value, possibly threatening the whole biosphere, human welfare and our evolutionary future. All biological processes are a function of electromagnetic field interactions. EM fields are the connecting link between the world of form and resonant patterns. They store gestalts or patterns of information. The bridge connecting solar system resonances and brain frequencies resides in our human DNA helix, which co-evolved in the Earth's environment...cont'd

http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/schumann.html
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In popular culture:

Zero Point and The Schuman Resonance

..Geophysical Condition #1: Earth's Rising Base Frequency

Earth's background base frequency, or "heartbeat," (called Schumann resonance, or SR) is rising dramatically. Though it varies among geographical regions, for decades the overall measurement was 7.8 cycles per second. This was once thought to be a constant; global military communications developed on this frequency. Recent reports set the rate at over 11 cycles, and climbing. Science doesn't know why, or what to make of it. Gregg Braden found data collected by Norwegian and Russian researchers on this; it's not widely reported in the U.S. (The only reference to SR to be found in the Seattle Library reference section, is tied to the weather. Science acknowledges SR as a sensitive indicator of temperature variations and worldwide weather conditions. Braden believes the fluctuating SR may be a factor in the severe storms, floods, and weather of recent years.)

Geophysical Condition #2: Earth's Diminishing Magnetic Field

While earth's "pulse" rate is rising, her magnetic field strength, on the other hand, is declining. According to Professor Bannerjee of the University of New Mexico, the field has lost up to half its intensity in the last 4,000 years. And because a forerunner of magnetic polar reversals is this field strength, Prof. Bannerjee believes that another reversal is due. Braden believes that because these cyclical Shifts are associated with reversals, Earth's geological record indicating magnetic reversals also marks previous Shifts in history. And, within the enormous time scale represented, there were quite a few of them...cont'd

http://www.2012.com.au/SchumannResonance.html


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Serial Experiments Lain (anime series from Japan)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_Experiments_Lain

[bananas]

1. daily charts

http://147.175.143.11/schr-e/dailyreport.php?myDay=20070212&numCols=6&interval=0.5

[EST]

2. Maybe I'm having a senior moment,

but this statement in the first paragraph does not compute. "The resistance of the atmosphere is 200 Ohms."
With the increase of mercury vapor, sulfur dioxide, on and on, as well as a dilution of high altitude ozone, and many other pollutants, it is hardly surprising that there would be changes.
Of course, the real reason and the effects, if any will probably prove more esoteric than that.

[rman]

3. "Each lightning storm produces 0.5 to 1 Ampere"

Also does not compute. The current of a lightning strike is in the range of Kilo-Amperes.
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1997/BrookeHaramija.shtml

[TechBear_Seattle]

4. But when averaged over the entire troposphere and stratosphere....

If the planet were a capacitor, with each lightning strike adding to the amperage, the overall increase in current is very, very small. An entire storm, with hundreds of strikes, adds less than one amp to the average current.

In other words, lightning storms are activists: acting locally but having an effect globally. :hi: