Impacts The most fascinating birds will be the first to go extinct The biodiversity crisis will most directly affect distinctive members of the avian family. Get ready for a world that “is really simple and brown and boring.”
Impacts www.nytimes.com On the verge of extinction, these whales are also shrinking The few living North Atlantic right whales are smaller than previous generations, and some show signs of severely stunted development.
These animal migrations are huge — and invisible Swarms of insects move across continents each year. Scientists used radar to track one species and discovered a vast ecological force.
Impacts www.scientificamerican.com Like oceans, freshwater is also acidifying Rising CO2 in lakes and reservoirs may harm animals that live in those ecosystems.
Newsletter www.nytimes.com Climate change is altering lakes and streams, study suggests Like the ocean, fresh water absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But the effects are likely to vary widely from place to place.
