Okay, but how do you lose 3 billion birds?
E2. Bird populations are vanishing—quietly, and fast. In this episode, host Dr. Scott Taylor and Dr. John Fitzpatrick, Director Emeritus of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, unpack the landmark “3 Billion Birds” study: what it actually showed, how scientists figured it out, and what it means for the birds we thought were common and safe.
In this episode, you’ll hear about:
What the 2019 “3 Billion Birds” study really revealed, and how researchers combined decades of data to detect the losses
Which bird groups and regions have been hit hardest and why some familiar species are suddenly in…
The skinny
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