Russian scientists have demonstrated the ability to predict earthquakes, typhoons and snowstorms on the changes of the atmosphere.
"These experiments allow satellite data on the state of the atmosphere to detect the earliest stages of seismic processes which result in a strong, six points above, earthquakes, and predict them," - said the Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Chief Scientific Officer of the Murmansk State Technical University Alexander Namgaladze.
The accumulated data of satellite and ground observations of the ionosphere (upper atmosphere) showed that during the preparation of major seismic events of their hubs at altitudes of 200-500 km recorded abnormal change in the composition of the atmosphere - a significant increase or decrease in the concentration of charged particles does not depend neither on What other reasons. This phenomenon was given the name "Ionospheric precursors to earthquakes" (anomalies appear a few days before seismic events).
For final confirmation of the possibility to predict the earthquake was not enough just to explain the mechanism of formation of these anomalies to uniquely link the processes in the air and the ground. This mechanism has been identified in the last several years of research by computer physical and mathematical model of the upper atmosphere of the Earth, developed by a group of scientists led by Namgaladze. This model is generally created a few decades, it has no analogues in Russia and abroad and is able to analyze in detail and simulate a variety of processes in the Earth's atmosphere, according to Tass.
Further research will be directed at the development of practical methods of earthquake prediction. "These anomalies may occur some time before the volcanic eruptions, dust storms, typhoons, and, more important for the Arctic and subarctic regions, blizzards and storms, which can also be predicted," - said Namgaladze.