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Salt Lake City confronts a future without a lake
Utah’s Great Salt Lake is disappearing as a “megadrought” persists across the Southwest, forcing the fast-growing city nearby to curb its water use.Â
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Warmer springs caused by climate change are bringing migratory birds back to Pittsburgh early
Bird species like killdeer and blackbirds start to fly north through the Pittsburgh region beginning in February. But climate change is forcing their migrations earlier and earlier.
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Rising Arctic temperatures means migrating north no longer worth it for many species, study finds
As temperatures rise in northern regions, migrating species are seeing less benefit from migrating north for the summer months, according to scientists who reviewed 25 recent studies.
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Atlas reveals birds pushed further north amid climate crisis
Europe's breeding bird populations have shifted on average one kilometre north every year for the past three decades, likely driven by the climate crisis, according to one of the world's largest citizen science projects on biodiversity.
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How a Great Lakes wind farm may get beaten by birds
The nation’s first freshwater wind farm is in limbo after Ohio regulators required more study of migrating birds.
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Speaking of water: Michael Cohen on the Salton Sea
In this episode of Speaking of Water, host Eileen Wray-McCann talks with Michael Cohen, a senior researcher at the Pacific Institute, about the Salton Sea.
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Our seasons are out of whack, which is really bad for migratory birds
In North America, spring is arriving earlier and earlier. But this shift isn't uniform across the continent. That unevenness, according to a new study, has unfortunate consequences for migratory birds.
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