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Live Science: Swarming bees may potentially change the weather
BU508A:
Stumbled over this article from Live Science:
https://www.livescience.com/honeybees-electrify-air-more-than-thunderstorms
Quote:
"The finding, which researchers made by measuring the electrical fields around honeybee (apis mellifera) hives, reveals that bees can produce as much atmospheric electricity as a thunderstorm. This can play an important role in steering dust to shape unpredictable weather patterns; and their impact may even need to be included in future climate models."
I'm a bit sceptical about this. A thunderstorm has a lot of energy in it. I have my doubts, that the energy from a bee swarm can compete with this.
coppercone2:
i think we need to nuke them from orbit
pcprogrammer:
--- Quote from: coppercone2 on October 27, 2022, 06:09:15 pm ---i think we need to nuke them from orbit
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You clearly don't like honey :-DD
Gyro:
Maybe there's more to the old story of a huricane being caused by the flap of a butterfly wing after all! :)
--- Quote from: BU508A on October 27, 2022, 11:10:58 am ---...
I'm a bit sceptical about this. A thunderstorm has a lot of energy in it. I have my doubts, that the energy from a bee swarm can compete with this.
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They are talking about localised voltage gradient rather than all the way to the clouds. If it happens close to the ground though, I guess it could influence dust particles (in the locust swarm reference).
coppercone2:
--- Quote from: pcprogrammer on October 27, 2022, 06:38:22 pm ---
--- Quote from: coppercone2 on October 27, 2022, 06:09:15 pm ---i think we need to nuke them from orbit
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You clearly don't like honey :-DD
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its the only way to be sure. if we kill the bees then we can reduce emissions restrictions on coal plants, everyone wins. I always knew that man kind was not responsible for global warming. It looks like we finally found the culprit.
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