'Our study suggests that fewer birds migrate during large geomagnetic storms,' study author and University of Michigan ecologist Ben Winger told Newsweek.
Geomagnetic storms can have some weird and wonderful impacts on the Earth, ranging from the spectacular northern lights to radio blackouts, but they can also affect an unexpected part of nature: birds.Scientists have found that migratory birds across the world stay on the ground during space weather events when they would normally be flying, due to the effects that geomagnetic storms have on their ability to navigate using the Earth's magnetic field.
'The research also found that birds that did fly found it harder to navigate during space weather events, especially when conditions were overcast.'Our study cannot specifically speak to birds getting lost as our methods do not allow us to track individual birds,' Winger said. 'However, a separate recent study from earlier this year found evidence that migratory birds likely do get lost in some of the same geomagnetic conditions affecting the birds in our dataset.
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