Millions of migrating birds are getting LOST mid-air because solar storms are warping their natural navigation system

• Solar bursts that impact Earth can also disrupt how migratory birds fly
• This is because the solar particles impact Earth's magnetic field
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By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

A new study has revealed that space weather that disrupts satellites and causes blackouts also impacts how birds fly.

Scientists from the University of Michigan (U-M) found migratory birds are getting lost when the sun emits electromagnetic radiation and charged particles that slam into Earth's magnetic field.

Nocturnally migratory birds - such as geese and swans, sandpipers and thrushes - use Earth's magnetic field as a natural navigation to guide them during their long seasonal migrations. 

But when space weather disrupts the magnetic field, fewer birds choose to fly and those that do often end up disorientated or lost due to the disruptions to their navigation.

Nocturnally migratory birds - such as geese and swans, sandpipers and thrushes - use Earth's magnetic field as a natural navigation to guide them during their long seasonal migrations