https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/11/17/yet-another-way-climate-change-will-affect-birds/ Tue, 17 Nov 2015 22:15:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/11/17/yet-another-way-climate-change-will-affect-birds/#comment-473831 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 22:15:31 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21820#comment-473831 Every pilot knows that it’s easier to get a plane into the air on cold days — shorter takeoff runs — because cold air is denser than warm air. I wonder how this would affect birds. Would they need more food as the mean temperature of the air they fly in climbs?

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