Two-Thirds of North American Birds Face Extinction Due to Climate Change.<br />A new report says the situation will be <br />dire if worldwide temperatures rise over<br />5.4 degrees by the end of the century.<br />The analysis, 'Survival by Degrees: <br />Bird Species on the Brink,' comes from <br />the National Audubon Society.<br />Our findings in this report are the fifth alarm in a five-alarm fire, Audubon CCO David O'Neill, via study.<br />For their report, scientists at the bird conversation group studied just over <br />600 species in North America.<br />Audubon scientists also used observational data from bird-watchers and enthusiasts <br />across the continent.<br />Climate change is said <br />to be raising extinction <br />chances for at least 389 of them.<br />Drought and rising sea-levels <br />have also impacted species.<br />Birds are important indicator species because if an ecosystem is broken for birds, it is or soon will be for people, too, Audubon Senior Scientist Brooke Bateman, via study.<br />This new study follows a similar study conducted by Audubon in 2014.<br />It concluded that over 150 species can stave off the threat if carbon emissions are stabilized. .<br />By stabilizing carbon emissions and holding warming to 2.7 degrees above pre-industrial levels, 76% of vulnerable species will be better off, and nearly 150 species would no longer be vulnerable to extinction from climate change, Audubon Society, via study
