Moving Species Emerges as Last Resort as Climate Warms
In a desperate effort to save a seabird species in Hawaiʻi from rising ocean waters, scientists are moving chicks to a new i
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In a desperate effort to save a seabird species in Hawaiʻi from rising ocean waters, scientists are moving chicks to a new i
In a desperate effort to save a seabird species in Hawaii from rising ocean waters, scientists are moving chicks to a new island hundreds of miles away.
Moving Species Emerges as Last Resort as Climate Warms
The once-controversial idea of relocating an imperiled species to another island, country or continent for conservation is gaining increasing acceptance among scientists as a measure of last resort. Yet the potential danger — and scientific debate — lies in what humans can’t predict.
Environmentalists are relocating a rare seabird species in Hawaii in an effort to conserve it, in a practice that is often discouraged and rarely used.