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Re: New developments in the field of science
« Reply #2685 on: December 12, 2019, 03:16:24 PM »
Why the Great Auk Is Gone for Good

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/science/great-auks-extinction.html?te=1&nl=science-times&emc=edit_sc_20191210?campaign_id=34&instance_id=14419&segment_id=19473&user_id=5dfcb8a357462614ceb0aa39e8af8e74&regi_id=7521254520191210

Paper: Demographic reconstruction from ancient DNA supports rapid extinction of the great auk

https://elifesciences.org/articles/47509


The great auk and its former distribution in the North Atlantic.


Like the passenger pigeon and the moa, the great auk was driven to extinction by human activity, a new study found.Credit...The Natural History Museum, London/Science Source
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« Reply #2686 on: December 12, 2019, 03:20:30 PM »
Fractured Forests Are Endangering Wildlife, Scientists Find

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/science/forests-fragmentation-wildlife.html?te=1&nl=science-times&emc=edit_sc_20191210?campaign_id=34&instance_id=14419&segment_id=19473&user_id=5dfcb8a357462614ceb0aa39e8af8e74&regi_id=7521254520191210

Abstract: Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6470/1236


Steller's jay is found in the West, where species seem more resilient to the fragmentation of forests. Credit Hankyu Kim
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« Reply #2687 on: December 12, 2019, 03:40:39 PM »
Deadly Mosquitoes Are Killing Off Hawaii's Rare Forest Birds

https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/12/deadly-mosquitoes-are-killing-off-hawaiis-rare-forest-birds/


This kiwikiu was one of 13 endangered Maui parrotbills that were recently moved from one side of Haleakala to the other in an effort to establish an "insurance population" to prevent extinction. Mosquitoes killed all but one of the birds by infecting them with avian malaria.
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« Reply #2688 on: December 12, 2019, 04:02:00 PM »
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« Reply #2689 on: December 13, 2019, 06:23:32 PM »
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« Reply #2690 on: December 13, 2019, 06:50:19 PM »
Why I stopped turning a blind eye to the ethics of my research-and personal life

https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2019/12/why-i-stopped-turning-blind-eye-ethics-my-research-and-personal-life

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« Reply #2691 on: December 13, 2019, 06:51:34 PM »
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Why the Great Auk Is Gone for Good

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/science/great-auks-extinction.html?te=1&nl=science-times&emc=edit_sc_20191210?campaign_id=34&instance_id=14419&segment_id=19473&user_id=5dfcb8a357462614ceb0aa39e8af8e74&regi_id=7521254520191210

Paper: Demographic reconstruction from ancient DNA supports rapid extinction of the great auk

https://elifesciences.org/articles/47509


The great auk and its former distribution in the North Atlantic.


Like the passenger pigeon and the moa, the great auk was driven to extinction by human activity, a new study found.Credit...The Natural History Museum, London/Science Source

More: Ancient DNA confirms humans wiped out northern hemisphere's version of the penguin

https://phys.org/news/2019-12-ancient-dna-humans-northern-hemisphere.html
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« Reply #2692 on: December 13, 2019, 06:57:08 PM »
Vanishing sea ice in the Arctic could shake up seabird migrations

https://news.mongabay.com/2019/12/vanishing-sea-ice-could-shake-up-bird-migrations/

Paper: Climate change could overturn bird migration: Transarctic flights and high-latitude residency in a sea ice free Arctic

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-54228-5

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« Reply #2693 on: December 20, 2019, 04:40:53 PM »
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« Reply #2699 on: December 21, 2019, 05:48:35 PM »
Unraveling the Mystery of the Long-whiskered Owlet

https://americanornithology.org/unraveling-the-mystery-of-the-long-whiskered-owlet/


Long-whiskered Owlet (Xenoglaux loweryi) specimen at the LSU Museum of Natural Science. Photo by Paige Jarreau.
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