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Replication Data for: SAMA impact on violent behavior

Domaine:

socioeconomic

Type de record:

dataset
Créateur:
Beh
Éditeur:
BehBeh
Éditeur:
Har
Hôte:avatar
Does space weather influence human behavior? Examining homicide rates from 1990-2021 across developed nations reveals a striking pattern: geomagnetic disturbances driven by solar wind correlate positively with violent crime in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa (r = 0.65-0.87, p < 0.001). However, in Brazil and Uruguay—countries at similar latitudes but positioned beneath the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly where Earth's magnetic field weakens to 60% of normal strength—this relationship inverts (r = -0.75 and -0.49). This geographic specificity, occurring precisely where geophysics predicts altered electromagnetic environments, provides compelling evidence for genuine solar-terrestrial effects on human behavior and offers a natural experimental framework for investigating how Earth's protective magnetic shield mediates space weather impacts on biological systems. This dataset was created to facilitate reviewer's work and for colleagues to replicate, augment their scientific research.