The locust has the most significant effect because it can overflow to incredible proportions.
Scientists have discovered that swarms of insects can produce electrical charges in the atmosphere. Measurements have shown that they give off as much charge as a thundercloud. The New Atlas writes about it.
It has been noted that bees sense changes in electric fields to navigate flowers. Static charges help pollen stick to them. And in this way, these insects can receive an electric charge when they fly through the air.
“We always looked at how physics affects biology, but at some point we realized that biology can also affect physics. We were interested in how different organisms use static electric fields, which are almost everywhere in the environment,” says the author. new study by Ellard Hunting of the University of Bristol and the University of Reading.
The scientists placed an electric field monitor near the research hives and measured changes as swarming began. It turns out that swarms of honey bees increase the electric current in the atmosphere by 100-1000 volts per meter, depending on the density of insects in the swarm.
The team then developed a model that could extrapolate the effects of other swarming insects on atmospheric electric charge.
Thus it turns out that the locusts have the most important effect, because they can swarm to an incredible size.
“We measured their charge and combined it with records of their density during swarming, and found that they can produce the same electrical charges in the atmosphere as a thundercloud. The effect of swarming insects on the atmospheric electric field is a factor currently overlooked from observations in climate and weather models. It also suggests that other organisms, such as birds and microbes, may have similar effects,” the scientists concluded.
Recall that in Bucha, Kyiv region, the bees themselves “cleaned” their nest, which was inherited by the Russian military when fleeing from the city.
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