Posted on 12/10/2019 6:41:10 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
As the planet continues to warm, researchers are increasingly pointing out the ways in which global warming will affect our health and that of the species around us.
For example, some species of fungi that are resistant to existing treatments may be on the rise as a result of global warming, one study showed.
Also, several species of fish may become more toxic as a result of warming waters, and malaria may spread to an unprecedented extent.
Now, new research appearing in the journal Ecology Letters explores the ways in which birds may have been affected by rising global temperatures.
Benjamin Winger, Ph.D., of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Museum of Zoology at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, is the senior author of the new study.
As Winger and colleagues explain in their paper, existing research supports the idea that increasing global temperatures will cause reductions in animals' sizes.
In fact, a premise in ecogeography known as Bergmann's rule states that animals tend to be smaller in warmer parts of the world, compared with their counterparts of the same species that live in colder climates.
Most of the birds in the analysis were species of sparrow, warbler, or thrush - small songbirds that breed north of Chicago.
Over the study period, the team found a decrease in body size and shape in all 52 species. Of these, 49 species showed a statistically meaningful decrease.
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I know my bird has shrunk. Now I know why...ITS GLOBAL WARMING , I am only 71 yoa!
“Honey, I shrunk the birds”
Good! Maybe the crows that are invading my back yard will shrink away to nothing.
So THAT’S what happened to the dinosaurs!
ML/NJ
There’s a new global warming alarm every day. This would make a great Far Side style tear-off cartoon calendar.
Does this include chickens? The Cornish Hen population could boom.
“Global warming may cause birds to shrink”
And apparently brains too
Shrinking birds
Disappearing islands
Drowned polar bear cacasses
Interrupted bird & animal migrations
Poplations fleeing who countries set ablaze
Shrinkage is normally associated with cooler weather.
They already shrank from dinosaurs!! And it was much warmer then
Save the smaller whales!
Along with Dems and liberal’s brains.
Not a problem, since we pay for our Thanksgiving Turkey by the Pound, we can just buy two Birds instead of one.
I know a gal in Saginaw who claims her trees are getting slimmer ...
So now I’ll have to buy two turkeys for Thanksgiving. This is Big Poultry’s fault!
HA, usually it’s cold water that makes my bird shrink.
And KFC may have to go from three to four piece dinners.
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