Massive Die-off: Seabird Populations Dropped 70% Since 1950s!

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UBC research shows world’s monitored seabird populations have dropped 70 per cent since the 1950s, a stark indication that marine ecosystems are not doing well.

Michelle Paleczny, a UBC master’s student and researcher with the Sea Around Us project, and co-authors compiled information on more than 500 seabird populations from around the world, representing 19 per cent of the global seabird population. They found overall populations had declined by 69.6 per cent, equivalent to a loss of about 230 million birds in 60 years.

“Seabirds are particularly good indicators of the health of marine ecosystems,” said Paleczny. “When we see this magnitude of seabird decline, we can see there is something wrong with marine ecosystems. It gives us an idea of the overall impact we’re having.”

The dramatic decline is caused by a variety of factors including overfishing of the fish seabirds rely on for food, birds getting tangled in fishing gear, plastic and oil pollution, introduction of non-native predators to seabird colonies, destruction and changes to seabird habitat, and environmental and ecological changes caused by climate change.

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PROPHECY 61
Where Are All My Holy Men That Lift Up Their Holy Hands To ME, YAHUVEH?
September 11, 2002

This earth is hell bent, even the earth quakes and shakes in fear, for the earth knows the judge of all creation is going to judge this earth and will quickly appear. Your waters are polluted because of man-made sin, you wipe out species of animals simply because you want to murder or you want to wipe out their habitat for your own foolish purposes. But I have preserved each species in Heaven, species this earth no longer sees and MY Children whose home will be in Heaven, be assured, these species are saved for thee.

PROPHECY 74
“I, YAHUVEH, HAVE DECLARED WAR ON PLANET EARTH FROM HEAVEN!”
June 25, 2004

Oh foolish men, oh foolish Women, you men, you women of earth, you who plot against ME, you who try and lead MY true Children to slaughter, as sheep to the slaughter. You, who write the laws and cast away the laws of old, you say they are outdated. You forget I am the Ancient of Days. What will you do, oh foolish men of this earth? You who have your high technology, weapons of mass destruction, plagues and diseases you have invented with the hand of satan. You who are so rich and pompous, you who have built the underground cities. You who go and conquer planets I have not told you to conquer. Is it not enough that you have already destroyed one? Must you also conquer others? Do you not have enough war on this earth? Must you go searching for more trouble?