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Can birds help us avoid natural disasters

Can birds help us avoid natural disasters?

Researchers think birds can hear hurricanes and tsunamis—a sense they’re hoping to tap into to develop a bird-based early warning system.
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Common French bird species face 'unrelenting' decline

From city centres to rural fields, human activity has decimated populations of France's most common bird species, scientists warned, citing data collected over 30 years by volunteer ornithologists.

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Climate change is affecting the timing of bird migration, but are birds adapting fast enough?
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Climate change is affecting the timing of bird migration, but are birds adapting fast enough?

A recent study, one of the first of its kind, shows that migratory birds across all of North America are on the move sooner than than ever before as the result of climate change.

Minnesota birds affected by climate change: Itasca County loons remain stable
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Minnesota birds affected by climate change: Itasca County loons remain stable

In the report, “Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink," published by the National Audubon Society, Minnesota's state bird was listed as one of 55 species that are likely to disappear from the state by 2080 if greenhouse-gas emissions are not cut.

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