Climate Change. We have heard a lot of talk about it. The IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change) defines climate change as any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which defines ‘climate change’ as: ‘a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods’.

Volcanoes are a very good example of sudden and dramatic climate change catalysts. Humans have been recognized by the scientific community as perhaps the largest ever climate change catalyst the Earth has ever seen.

What does it all mean? Perhaps we should ask the birds that inhabit North America and that are dependent on insects for food. Insects require certain type of habitat to survive with regards to their own food needs. Habitats without an abundance of pesticide and chemical saturation. Birds need water. What happens when water sources change? When food sources are no longer in normal locations?

View September 10, 2014 Mother Nature Network article
View The Audubon Birds & Climate Change Report
View Nature Canada report: State Of The World's Birds
View World Meteorological Organization press release