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Will birds go extinct? Study reveals the impact of climate change – Inverse
A new study finds climate change has caused bird populations in the Mojave Desert to decline over the past century.
When it comes to environmental disasters
, birds are literal canaries in the coal mine. The state of their existence can indicate when something is going very wrong with nature overall.
In the 1962 book Silent Spring, author Rachel Carson’s investigative research revealed birds were dying in large numbers because of the pesticide DDT. Recent research suggests we may be undergoing a second Silent Spring, with record declines in bird species due to climate change.
A new study corroborates this research,…
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