Posted by EarthSky Voices in Earth | Human World |
January 24, 2021
On Trump’s way out of the White House, his administration demolished a law that protects migratory birds, putting over 1,000 species at risk. The Biden administration can still salvage it, but only if they act swiftly.
An Arctic tern defends its territory. This bird species is famous for its migration; it flies from its Arctic breeding grounds to the Antarctic and back again each year. Image via Lindsay Robinson/ Flickr.
This opinion article is written by Kelcie Walther, an undergraduate in Columbia University’s Department of Ecology, Environmental Biology and Evolutionary Biology. It’s republished with permission from GlacierHub.