Rainfall to Blame for Decline in Arctic Peregrines

Rain, crucial to sustaining life on Earth, is proving deadly for young peregrine falcons in Canada's Arctic.
 
A University of Alberta study recently published in Oecologia shows that an increase in the frequency of heavy rain brought on by warmer summer temperatures is posing a threat not seenin this species since before pesticides such as DDT were banned from use in Canada in 1970.

The study is among the first to directly link rainfall to survival of wild birds in Canada.

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