Pelagic seabirds fly into the eye of the storm when faced with extreme weather conditions SwanseaUni PNASNews
Cyclones move in an anti-clockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere, so if the birds had stayed in their original location, they may well have found themselves caught up in the strong onshore winds behind the storm eye. This could drift the birds over land, a dangerous prospect with possible collisions, uncontrolled landings, and encounters with predators.
Dr. Emmanouil Lempidakis, who conducted this research as part of his Ph.D., added that"shearwaters, like albatrosses, are adapted to windy conditions, as their flight style enables them to fly without much flapping when it's windy, but there comes a point where their flight speed cannot match the wind speed."
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