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It's surprising to see so many comments here jumping to the conclusion that the article is pointing the finger at carbon emissions. It's not. The article doesn'
by Octokiddie 3y ago
It's surprising to see so many comments here jumping to the conclusion that the article is pointing the finger at carbon emissions. It's not. The article doesn't credit any single cause with the drop. Nor does it spin any solutions.
It does note a correlation, and from that a possible cause. And there, the link between observation and putative cause is not supported:
> The hardest hit were grassland birds, down by more than 50 percent, mostly due to the expansion of farms that turn a varied landscape into acres of neat, plowed rows
The article mainly reports a numerical finding.
- ImaCake 3y agoI would say climate change has, so far, been the least relevant force for extinctions. Land development and over hunting have been the historical killers. As well as cats and other introduced species. Climate change is a red herring: we can fix these problems, but only if people recognise them.