https://nautil.us/a-third-of-north-americas-birds-have-vanished-340007/
"For weeks, Adam Smith had been crunching the raw data from more bird
statistics than anyone had ever tried before—thirteen different bird counts and
millions of radar sweeps. Suddenly he heard the musical chime that tells him
his results are ready. He leaned across his desk, surrounded by enough
high-powered computers to heat up his entire office, and stared at what could
only be an impossible conclusion: Over the past fifty years, his calculations
found, a third of North America’s birds had vanished. “Well, that can’t be
right,” he thought. “I must have made a mistake somewhere.”
Smith, one of the hemisphere’s top specialists in bird populations, just sat
for a while in his cluttered cubicle at the Canadian Wildlife Service, which
was decorated with caribou antlers, a musk-ox skull, and early drawings from
his twin boys. Then it dawned on him. “This would be a massive change, an
absolutely profound change in the natural system,” he said. “And we weren’t
even aware of it.”"
Via SmokeInFog and Kenny Chaffin.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
