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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Formats
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"In the face of rapidly declining bird populations, read about the vast impacts birds have on ecosystems, food systems, and our mental health and what we can do to protect them"--
Birds are nature's essential workers, crucial members of ecosystems around the world. And they are disappearing. Since 1970, nearly 30 percent of all birds in the United States and Canada have vanished, due to city lights and tall glass skyscrapers; domesticated cats prowling...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
Description
"Bees pollinate 75 percent of the fruits, vegetables, and nuts grown in the United States. Around the world, bees pollinate $24 billion worth of crops each year. Without bees, humans would face a drastically reduced diet. We need bees to grow the foods that keep us healthy. But numbers of bees are falling, and that has scientists alarmed. What's causing the decline? Diseases, pesticides, climate change, and loss of habitat are all threatening bee...
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