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Artificial city lights luring birds to their deaths: Study
Updated On: 30 December, 2023 07:43 AM IST | New York | IANS
Scientists used weather radar data to map bird stopover density in the US and found that artificial light is a top indicator of where birds will land
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Artificial lights in the cities are luring migrating birds, threatening them with death, a new study has revealed.
Nearly 1,000 birds were killed in October when they collided with an illuminated glass building in Chicago. Though mass fatalities of this magnitude are rare, light pollution poses a serious – and growing – threat to migrating birds, according to the study published in the journal Nature Communications.
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