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The Heat Is On: Climate Change Causes Birds To Hatch Early (australiangeographic.com.au)

Posted by yaelk on from the which-came-first-the-chicken-or-the-egg dept.

grrlscientist writes: A recently published study reveals that climate change can cause birds' eggs to hatch early. In addition to creating warmer temperatures that trigger early embryonic development in birds, climate change also increases the frequency and duration of heat waves. Thus, warming temperatures are leading to asynchronous hatching of individual eggs within a clutch and increased chick mortality, particularly for birds breeding in the tropics and semi-tropics, and in tropical deserts.

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  1. Re:Interesting findings; and related... by radarskiy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Birds have a well-known liberal bias.

  2. Re:I agree that climate change has these effects by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 3, Funny

    Every reputable expert on geologic evidence I can find suggest that geologic evidence actually indicates that current climate change is overwhelmingly from human activity, and unusually rapid.

    Well there's your problem. Getting your science information from Scientists, instead of Politicians and the industries that own them. Whooooeeeee! what next? Gettin' healthcare from Doctors? That's crazy thinkin'!

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    The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.