ScienceDaily Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Every year nearly 7 million birds die as they migrate from the United States and Canada to Central and South America, according to a new study. The birds are killed by the 84,000 communication towers that dot North America and can rise nearly 2,000 feet into the sky. Placing that figure in context, the Exxon Valdez oil spill killed 250,000 birds and the Empire State building is 1,250 feet high. View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhysOrg Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 More than 6 million birds die every year as they migrate from the United States and Canada to Central and South America, according to a new study published Apr. 25 in the open access journal PLoS ONE. The birds are killed by the 84,000 communication towers that dot North America and can rise nearly 2,000 feet into the sky. View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Merkord Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 LiveScience -- Collisions with communication towers kill about 6.8 million birds — nearly all of them migratory — each year in Canada and the United States, a new study has calculated. Read more: http://www.livescience.com/19908-migratory-birds-killed-towers.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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