New York Times (September 19)
2019/ 09/ 21 by jd in Global News
“Nearly one-third of the wild birds in the United States and Canada have vanished since 1970, a staggering loss that suggests the very fabric of North America’s ecosystem is unraveling.” As an indicator species, birds serve “as acutely sensitive barometers of environmental health, and their mass declines signal that the earth’s biological systems are in trouble. Unfortunately, this study is just the latest in a long line of such mounting evidence.”
Tags: Birds, Canada, Ecosystem, Environmental health, Indicator species, Mass declines, Sensitive, Staggering loss, Trouble, U.S., Unraveling, Vanished
