The Department of the Interior put out a report today on how climate change is adding to the stresses that are causing the decline of hundreds of species of migratory birds. It's an annual update of efforts by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and major conservation organizations to keep tabs on what a changing climate means for birds in all types of habitats.
Already about a third of the nation's 800 migratory bird species are endangered, threatened or in serious decline. The report says climate change will cause problems for many of them, but the ones most at risk are oceanic birds such as albatrosses and petrels.
I wonder if there's anything we can do, soon enough, to at least mitigate the worst of the effects on these birds, other animals, and us.
Of course, some will deny anything's happening at all, or argue the ice age we're headed towards (!) is the "culprit."
Posted by: Mekhong Kurt | March 12, 2010 at 11:56 PM
It is very good combination between migratory birds and Climate Change.Obviously they both on impack to eachother..
Posted by: dream smile pro | March 12, 2010 at 07:54 AM