Heat stress is causing desert bird populations to collapse

Mongabay
Nov 29, 2019, 4:54 am272 pts
As the Mojave Desert in California and Nevada becomes hotter and drier, birds need more water to stay cool. Species that can’t get enough water are rapidly declining in this iconic desert ecosystem, ecologists reported recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Some birds may die solely…

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