16TH INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH SCHOOL
Geophysical monitoring of Yakutsk and its suburbs
Geophysics, ecology
Urbanization significantly changes environmental conditions. Living in a city, one is forced to expose himself to various factors that affect his health: atmospheric pollution, chemical waste. Separately, there are physical factors: increased noise levels, electromagnetic fields. Another important physical factor that is rarely considered is the content of aeroions in the air. Aeroions are charged air particles. They can be charged positively or negatively.
Sources of geophysical impact

It turned out that the lack of negative aeroions has a detrimental effect on health. According to sanitary rules and regulations the minimum allowable concentration of aeroions (per 1 cm3) for positive aeroions is 400 and for negative ones is 600, but often in urban conditions the actual values are lower than recommended. To monitor the content of aeroions in the air a complex of geophysical measurements is applied.

Aeroion counter MAC-01
The project participants will be invited to conduct multi-day geophysical monitoring in order to determine the content of aeroions in various areas of Yakutsk and the Lena River basin, as well as their change over time. The measurements will be carried out directly at the sites with scientific sensors and then processed using statistical methods. Besides, the state of the atmosphere will be monitored as well through specialized Internet resources.

Magnetometer MTM-01
Space weather website of ISTP
As a result of the work at the IRS, a map of the aeroion composition and variations of the magnetic field in certain areas of Yakutsk and rural areas in its suburbs will be created. It will also be investigated whether the aeroionic content changes during the day, and whether it is affected by magnetic fields in the city.
Participants Requirements:
  • Basic knowledge of physics and ecology.
  • Basic skills in Microsoft Office programs (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
Tutors

Elena Krakhina

Moscow, Russia
Elena works as a research engineer at the Laboratory of Earthquake Prediction Methods at the Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, and as a senior lecturer at the Cartography Faculty of the Moscow Institute of Technology. I am currently working on a PhD thesis in Engineering Geology for a Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences. As part of my thesis, I study landslide processes, their development dynamics, and the factors that influence the activation of exogenous geological processes. I also study seismogravity slides and the influence of geomagnetic fields on seismic activity. I have been engaged in scientific mentorship and preparing high school students for research, all-Russian conferences and competitions. The children who participated in my work were prize-winners and winners. She organized and conducted scientific research expeditions to the territories of the Utrish State Nature Reserve in summer 2023 and Ilmen State Nature Reserve summer of 2044. She trained Moscow city's national team in the role of scientific mentor to participate in All–Russian Children's Environmental Forum. In 2019, the team became a winner, and in 25, a prize-winner. The winner of the V International Rosprirodnadzor award «Ecology is everyone's business" in the category "Environmental Education».

Kirill Zenin

Moscow, Russia
Kirill works as a research engineer at the Institute of Geosphere Dynamics in Moscow and does geophysics, particulary – ionosphere study. He also decided not to limit himself to one field of science and at the same time studies pedagogy at the Institute of Education, harmoniously combining geophysics and education. Last year, he learned about the existence of research-based learning and the International research school and decided to participate in such a school as a tutor by all means.
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