species survival

Not Just the Bees, First-of-Its-Kind Study Shows Neonics May Be Killing Birds Too | Common Dreams News

“Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan studied the pesticide imidacloprid, in the nicotine-linked class of chemicals called neonicotinoids, or neonics, and found that the pesticide had effects on migrating birds’ health and ability to reproduce. More than 70 percent of North American farmland bird species are currently experiencing population declines.“ Not Just the Bees, First-of-Its-Kind …

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Puffins Are Starving to Death in Mass Die-Off and Climate Change Is to Blame, Study Suggests

Climate change induced: “The puffins’ food supply has been disrupted by changes in air and sea temperature, and in winter ice levels, according to a new study in the journal PLOS ONE.“ Puffins Are Starving to Death in Mass Die-Off and Climate Change Is to Blame, Study Suggests Tufted puffins on Tangik Island, in the …

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Tensions heighten over Shasta Dam

The Trump administration is “pretty clearly setting up an attempt to override state law to build this project,” said Doug Obegi, a water lawyer with the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group. “It hits the holy trinity of destroying Native American sacred sites, violating state law and harming fish and wildlife.” Acting under this …

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