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Janice Wormworth

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Born

Canada

Website

http://www.wingedsentinels.com

Genre

Science, Nonfiction

Member Since

June 2013

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A science writer with a background in biology and journalism, Janice has worked for more than 15 years to communicate the science of climate change. A passion for biodiversity led her to begin Winged Sentinels as way to highlight the effects of climate change on the living world. She has worked for NGOs, business, and government in Australia, Canada and the Netherlands, and is an author or contributor to numerous reports, articles, and a documentary on climate change and energy issues.

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Janice Wormworth's Blog

Dodos, small islands and climate change

A recent trip to Mauritius, land of the dodo, reminded me of island birds’ special place in the panoply of bird diversity. But birds of islands are acutely vulnerable to human threats, including climate change.

Hothouses of evolution

Like mini laboratories for evolutionary experiments, oceanic islands are where nature tries onunorthodox avian strategies. Take gigantism, which produced the oversize