Avian flu may have killed millions of birds globally as outbreak ravages South America

Avian flu may have killed millions of birds globally as outbreak ravages South America

Millions of wild birds may have died from bird flu globally in the latest outbreak, researchers have said, as the viral disease ravages South America, with 200,000 deaths recorded in Peru alone. The highly infectious variant of H5N1, which gained momentum in the winter of 2021, caused Europe’s worst bird flu outbreak before spreading globally. […]

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Locals Are Saving Puffins in Iceland By Throwing Them off Clifftops

Locals Are Saving Puffins in Iceland By Throwing Them off Clifftops

Puffins are a national treasure in Iceland, and the Westland Islands, located off the southern coast of Iceland, have the world’s largest puffin colony. However, in recent years, their numbers have been dwindling due to several factors, such as climate change, overfishing, pollution, and difficulty finding food. Due to increasingly warm sea temperatures, reduced populations […]

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The Effects of Climate Change on Sea Turtles

The Effects of Climate Change on Sea Turtles

On December 12, 2015, over 90 countries adopted an international agreement called “the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.” This agreement required all signing countries to make significant commitments to resolving climate change. Participants were intended to re-evaluate their pledges in the year 2020 and then strengthen their emissions reductions by 2030. The goal of this […]

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Dead in their nests or washed ashore: why thousands of seabirds are dying en masse

Dead in their nests or washed ashore: why thousands of seabirds are dying en masse

Twenty years ago, David Grémillet, a seabird ecologist, watched in dismay as a heatwave hit a breeding colony of Cape gannets in Lambert’s Bay, South Africa, causing dozens of birds to keel over. An unseasonably hot wind sent temperatures to 40C (104F), too intense even for the heat-adapted birds. While guarding their nests, they baked […]

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