Scientists have found out why woodpeckers and bald eagles started to appear in Yamal. Experts believe that the reason is climate change.
"This may be due to the global – on a planetary scale – transformation of the natural environment as a result of climate change and human economic activity," - said Alyona Levykh, a leading researcher at the biodiversity sector of the Arctic Research Center.
Birds whose common habitat is located south of Yamal began to appear more and more often in the Arctic latitudes. The Northerners saw a white-headed barn owl and a woodpecker on the territory of the district, the birds they had not previously met in the region.
Candidate of Biological Sciences Sergey Paskhalny called such flights of birds in the Arctic latitudes accidental. The expert noted that even birds from the southern latitudes of habitat are sometimes found in Yamal. He explained that sometimes birds lose their orientation due to strong wind or inexperience and fly while they have enough strength.
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