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Volume 12, 2018

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Due to the daily rotation of the Earth the lower layers of earth's atmosphere are continuously crossed by horizontal lines of the geomagnetic field. For this reason, near the earth's surface there is an upward-directed Lorentz force. Under the action of this force the positively charged objects move upward and the negative charges down. The existence of this force makes it possible to explain some poorly known phenomena that occur in the earth's atmosphere, namely, celestial elves, sprites and streams


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The Nature of the Celestial Elves, Sprites and Jets

Yuri Pivovarenko

Due to the daily rotation of the Earth the lower layers of earth's atmosphere are continuously crossed by horizontal lines of the geomagnetic field. For this reason, near the earth's surface there is an upward-directed Lorentz force. Under the action of this force the positively charged objects move upward and the negative charges down

Discovery Nature, 2018, 12, 1-4

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ANALYSIS

Traditional knowledge of medicinal plants used by the local people in Bagmara Upazila of Rajshahi district, Bangladesh

Mst. Mabia Khatun, Mahbubur Rahman AHM

Traditional knowledge of medicinal plants used by the local people in Bagmara upazila of Rajshahi district of Bangladesh was recorded. Frequent field trips were made during January 2017 to December 2017 to record medico-botanical data by interviewing local people of various age groups, mostly ranging between 20-76 years, including medicinal healers

Discovery Nature, 2018, 12, 5-31

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