Birds in the United States are not only declining, but they are declining faster, especially in areas with intensive agriculture, according to new research. Overall drops in bird population, measured from 1987 to 2021, were sharpest in warm and warming areas, suggesting that climate change may play a role.

. “What we found is that any metric of agricultural intensity was always the best predictor of acceleration of the decline.”

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    13 hours ago

    That happens when you kill all the insects these animals normally eat. Maybe we shouldn’t be spraying pesticides by the metric ton.

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      11 hours ago

      All the insects that are gone

      Cats!

      Territory disappearing faster

      Pollution

      Insecticides / pesticides

      It’s a wonder there are any birds left

      We’re all fucked :)

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      Part of me tries to rationalize the current state of the world as a last gasp by those who know we’re all doomed and can’t change anything. The elite and powerful. And instead of trying to fix anything, they’ve all decided they’re gonna go balls to the wall before it’s all fucked beyond repair.

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        9 hours ago

        Unfortunately, they did it. They won if that was their goal. We could still get vengeance but we’re not preventing anything.

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        And they think they want to live forever too. Like Zuck with his bunkers, who tf is going to take care of him when it all goes to shit? Money isn’t going to be worth anything. Maybe that’s why he trained for MMA, lol.

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        Seems like that would just piss off 99% of the population and ensure those responsible a terrible fate once billions of desperate humans get so fed up they’ll become capable of pretty much anything. I’m guessing a lot of these people are already so old they don’t care or so insulated the don’t understand the danger they’re putting themselves in.