Department of Physics and Computer Science, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC, USA.
Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, Halberg Chronobiology Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Int J Biometeorol. 2018 Mar;62(3):449-457. doi: 10.1007/s00484-017-1453-7. Epub 2017 Oct 13.
There is a strong connection between space weather and fluctuations in technological systems. Some studies also suggest a statistical connection between space weather and subsequent fluctuations in the physiology of living creatures. This connection, however, has remained controversial and difficult to demonstrate. Here we present support for a response of human physiology to forcing from the explosive onset of the largest of space weather events-space storms. We consider a case study with over 16 years of high temporal resolution measurements of human blood pressure (systolic, diastolic) and heart rate variability to search for associations with space weather. We find no statistically significant change in human blood pressure but a statistically significant drop in heart rate during the main phase of space storms. Our empirical findings shed light on how human physiology may respond to exogenous space weather forcing.
空间天气与技术系统的波动之间存在很强的联系。一些研究还表明，空间天气与生物生理机能随后的波动之间存在统计学上的联系。然而，这种联系一直存在争议，难以证明。在这里，我们为人类生理学对空间天气事件中最大的爆发——空间风暴的强迫作用的反应提供了支持。我们考虑了一个案例研究，该研究使用了超过 16 年的人类血压（收缩压、舒张压）和心率变异性的高时间分辨率测量数据，以搜索与空间天气的关联。我们没有发现人类血压有统计学上的显著变化，但在空间风暴的主要阶段，心率有统计学上的显著下降。我们的实证研究结果揭示了人类生理学可能对外部空间天气强迫作用的反应方式。
