Study: Climate change is threatening half of all North American bird species

Study: Climate change is threatening half of all North American bird species
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A new study released Monday by the National Audubon Society is bad news for birds: If global warming continues at its quick pace, half of all bird species in the United States and Canada are at risk of major population decline by 2080.

"The scale of the disruption we're projecting is a real punch in the gut," Gary Langham, chief Audubon scientist, told the Los Angeles Times.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.