2008Aug15: There has been less breeding success of seabirds such as guillemots, puffins, and kittiwakes, in Scotland, as warming sea temperatures affect the food chain, according to annual State of the UK’s Birds report. Dr Mark Avery, conservation director for the RSPB, said: “This year’s report shows that climate change is with us already and from our gardens to our seas, birds are having to respond rapidly to climate change simply to survive. As often before, birds are acting like the canaries in a mine shaft and giving us early warning of dangerous change” (UK Guardian, 2008).
Reference: UK Guardian. 2008. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/aug/15/wildlife.conservation
Image Description: Kittiwake Colony, Seaford, East Sussex, UK. Photo by Richard Wilkins, 2006. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Kittiwake_colony.jpg Image Permission: This image has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its author, Ricky wilkins at the wikipedia project. This applies worldwide.
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