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Nearly 3 Billion Birds Gone (www.birds.cornell.edu)
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A new study finds steep, long-term losses across virtually all groups of birds in the U.S. and Canada

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[–] SmolderingSauna@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Age of Plastics, y'all.

aka The End Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_time

[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The main loss for birds comes from the loss of their food source, which comes from pesticides and land use of the agricultural sector.

[–] xuxebiko@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Add global warming to that mix, and we're just pushing multiple species to extinction while hastening our own.

All this so already wealthy people can become more wealthy.