AURORAL PHENOMENA. “The first observations of space weather-associated induced currents were made already in early telegraph systems more than 150 years ago. In general, being related to auroral phenomena, the geomagnetically induced currents are a high-latitude problem, affecting most regions such as the Scandinavian countries, Russia, and Canada.”
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