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A Third of North America’s Birds Have Vanished (nautil.us)

submitted 1 year ago by cronor to c/[email protected]

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2.9 billion breeding birds disappeared since the early 1970s

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've seen similar posts about how pesticides and landscaping and such have killed a huge portion of the bugs. Could this be because their food source has been diminished?

[–] dlb7d4 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you are on to it: https://greentumble.com/why-are-honey-bees-disappearing

As go the bees go us all! Well maybe…

Watched Extrapolation the other week and now I just see the end of the world. #smh

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Extrapolations scratches that doomsday itch really well. I hope they do more seasons.

I liked how each episode was its own story, but the stories were told in the same world where they feed into each other towards the end.