US EditionNorth America's Bird Populations Are Shrinking Faster. Blame Climate Change and Agriculture
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Shrinking North American bird population is getting worse faster. Experts blame agriculture, warming
Billions fewer birds are flying through North American skies than decades ago and their population is shrinking ever faster, mostly due to a combination of intensive agriculture and warming temperatures, a new study found. Nearly half of the 261 species studied showed big enough losses in numbers to be statistically significant and more than half of those declining are seeing their losses accelerate since 1987, according to Thursday's journal Sc…
North America's Bird Populations Are Shrinking Faster. Blame Climate Change and Agriculture
"Billions fewer birds are flying through North American skies than decades ago," reports the Associated Press, "and their population is shrinking ever faster, mostly due to a combination of intensive agriculture and warming temperatures, a new study found." Nearly half of the 261 species studied showed big enough losses in numbers to be statistically significant and more than half of those declining are seeing their losses accelerate since 1987,…
Bird populations in North America are decreasing rapidly, experts warn, who attribute the reduction to the intensity of agriculture and to the rise in temperatures. A research published in Science magazine and cited by ABC News, alerts to the loss of billions of specimens in recent decades, a phenomenon that worries not only about the disappearance of specific species, but also about what it implies for the health of ecosystems and, consequently…
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