tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752027331714385066.post1063765472660661426..comments2015-10-06T06:48:14.456-07:00Comments on Terra Forming Terra: Rogue Wavesarcleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05942529252160087271noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752027331714385066.post-71110079280554660402009-09-05T00:57:31.274-07:002009-09-05T00:57:31.274-07:00SOME species of Australian birds are shrinking and...SOME species of Australian birds are shrinking and the trend will likely continue because of global warming, a scientist said.<br /><br />Janet Gardner, an Australian National University biologist, led a team of scientists who measured museum specimens to plot the decline in size of eight species of Australian birds over the past century.<br /><br />The research, published last week in the British journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, found the birds in Australia’s southeast had become between 2 per cent to 4 per cent smaller.<br /><br />Over the same century, Australia’s average daily temperature rose 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit (0.7 deg C), with the sharpest increase since the 1950s.<br /><br /><br />Source:- http://lifeofearth.org/2009/08/global-warming-shrinks-birds.htmlBhuvan Chandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06397604924870154146noreply@blogger.com