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Waterbirds in eastern Australia lowest breeding level on record
2015-12-26 15:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: A stocktake of waterbirds in eastern Australia has shown the lowest breeding level on record. The annual aerial survey, conducted by the Centre for Ecosystem Science at the University of NSW, confirmed a dramatic long-term decline in the number of waterbirds. Director Richard Kingsford said that over 33 years of counting, average numbers had fallen more than 60 per cent. The trend continued in 2015 with a further drop compared to the previous three-to-five-year period. "This is the second...
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