Global status report: Bird species and climate change
Posted on noviembre, 14 2006
This WWF report finds a clear and escalating pattern of climate change impacts on bird species around the world.
The report, Bird Species and Climate Change: The Global Status Report, reviews more than 200 scientific articles on birds in every continent to build up a global picture of climate change impacts.This WWF report finds a clear and escalating pattern of climate change impacts on bird species around the world, suggesting a trend towards a major bird extinction from global warming.
The tawny eagle is an arid savanna raptor found in Asia and Africa. Decreases in precipitation predicted with climate change would likely result in the birds’ extinction in its African habitat in the southern Kalahari.
© WWF / Roger Hooper
The tawny eagle is an arid savanna raptor found in Asia and Africa. Decreases in precipitation predicted with climate change would likely result in the birds’ extinction in its African habitat in the southern Kalahari.
© WWF / Roger Hooper
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