Australia’s superb fairywren could be extinct within decades due to climate crisis, researchers say

Scientists tracked bird population in Canberra’s botanic gardens and found climate impacts starting to affect them

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A common and well-loved bird of bush and garden could go extinct within 30-40 years due to the weather impacts of climate change, researchers say.

Data derived from nearly 30 years of weekly observations tracked the lives of superb fairy wrens in Canberra’s botanic gardens, noting the changing weather’s impacts on them.