fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoelectrostatic spider flightmander.xyzimagemessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1436arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1429arrow-down1imageelectrostatic spider flightmander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square41linkfedilinkfile-text
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/the-electric-flight-of-spiders/564437/ https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/dec/05/ballooning-spiders-take-flight-earth-electric-fields https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-021-01474-6
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoBut how common are windless conditions, really? It seems incredibly rare that there would be so little air movement that the effect of it wouldn’t far overwhelm the electrostatic effect. I’m no meteorologist, though.
But how common are windless conditions, really? It seems incredibly rare that there would be so little air movement that the effect of it wouldn’t far overwhelm the electrostatic effect. I’m no meteorologist, though.