Scientists link solar storms to beaching of sperm whales
German scientists have attributed whale strandings on beaches to solar storms which create the Northern Lights. The storms could have shifted Earth's magnetic field by 460 km, possibly interfering with the whales' sense of orientation, they said. Notably, 29 sperm whales washed up around the North Sea between January-February 2016, following only 82 such known incidents since the 1990s.