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Audubon via YubaNet

In a survey of all 525 refuges in the National Wildlife Refuge System, scientists with the National Audubon Society have found half of the birds throughout the system will see changes in the environmental suitability of their habitats if global temperatures are allowed to rise unchecked. The result could be a dramatic change in up to 25 percent of the species present in the system as some birds either leave for other regions or are pushed out.

Read more at  New Audubon Study: Climate Change Threatens Bird Populations in the National Wildlife Refuge System – YubaNet