Unexplainable

Honey, we shrunk the birds

Oct 20, 2021

28:19

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Is Global Worming Changing the Shape of Animals Over Time?

01:33

How Does Climate Change Make Animals Smaller?

01:56

Is Climate Change Just Too Hard to Predict?

01:38

Introduction

2min

The Dead Bird Project

2min

Why Are Birds and Other Animals Shrinking?

2min

How Does Climate Change Make Animals Smaller?

2min

What Kind of Animals Are Getting Bigger as the Climate Warms?

2min

Is Global Worming Changing the Shape of Animals Over Time?

2min

Is Climate Change Just Too Hard to Predict?

2min

Farmland and Climate Change

2min

Slash Unexplainable

2min

10.

Insects and the Future

2min

11.

The Praying Mantis

2min

12.

Whale Rats and Their Evolutions

2min

13.

The Sailing Bats

2min

14.

What Animals Could Look Like in the Far Future?

2min

15.

Are We Still in Science Mode?

2min

16.

Evolutionary Biology - Is There a Future?

3min

A recent study of tens of thousands of birds has shown that birds are growing smaller over time. It could be due to climate change, and if so, we ought to consider: How else might humans be altering the literal shape of life on Earth — now and in the future?

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