Marine Wind Power and Birds: Understanding Effects

This video is an interview collage featuring scientists discussing wind energy development and potential impacts to wildlife. It features European scientists Dr. Tony Fox and Dr. Rowena Langston, and BRI scientists Dr. Jim Paruk, Dr. Iain Stenhouse, Wing Goodale and Kate Williams.

We are grateful to Horizon Foundation, Davis Foundation, and the Oak Foundation for their funding support for this video and our annual Spotlight on Ecoscience and Our Marine Wind Energy Initiative and Workshop.

Interviews and video production by Emma Angus and Ellen Agnew.

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[BioDiversityRI]

Birds do not have magnetite in their beaks.

[david222444]

There is nothing wrong with the Planet! The Planet is cooling naturally.

[johann steinlehner]

no proplem HEPPOLT WIND TURBINE?

[JackSchwarzenegger]

Since birds use magnetic fields to navigate, because of the magnetite in the beaks, perhaps a system that uses magnetic fields to reroute them around the turbines, like an ultrasonic sound is used to keep dogs away from people. Not super powerful that would send them in the opposite direction, but just enough that would keep them from harm's way.