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Wildlife questions answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox.
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Wildlife questions answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox.
Birds use Earth’s magnetic field to migrate, but severe space weather may interfere with navigation and reduce the number of birds in the sky.
In 2024, the sun enters its solar maximum—birds don't know what's about to hit them. Space weather may seriously send their internal compasses into disarray.
Birds are getting lost during migration season as solar storms warp the natural compass of the birds. Read more here.
"Our study suggests that fewer birds migrate during large geomagnetic storms," study author and University of Michigan ecologist Ben Winger told Newsweek.