Melbourne: Australian birds have shrunk over the past century because of global warming, scientists have found. A similar shrinking effect was recently documented in Scottish sheep.
Using museum specimens, researchers measured the size of eight bird species and discovered they were getting smaller in an apparent response to climate change.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/after-sheep-warming-shrinking-birds-too
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sheep
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/birds
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/research-agencies
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/australia
