Accelerated Bird Loss in US Signals a Growing Biodiversity Crisis

A new study in the journal Science reveals that North American bird populations are declining at an accelerating rate due to intensive agriculture and climate change.Marta Jarzyna and Francois Leroy found that common species like the American crow and house sparrow are vanishing fastest in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and California.Kenneth Rosenberg warned that these losses indicate a toxic environment that threatens biodiversity and human well-being through the loss of natural pest control.