Climate change threatens hundreds of North American bird species with extinction, study says
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Tampa, Florida Nearly two-thirds of North American birds studied will go extinct if global warming hits 3 degrees Celsius , a new report from the National Audubon Society finds. Orioles, eagles, grouse and gulls are among 389 types of bird -- 64% of 604 species assessed on this continent -- that are highly or moderately vulnerable to climate change, the study says.The stark warning follows research published last month that showed the US and Canada had lost 2.9 billion birds in about the last 50 years.The Baltimore Oriole is one of the species of birds that could be severely hit by all the impacts of climate change.The existential threat to birds also impacts humanity.
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