Thread by @GiveBatsABreak

THE SKY LIONS ARE FALLING, THE SKY LIONS ARE FALLING

The total number of Hoary bats in NA is on a trajectory to be cut in half in the next 7 years if we don't implement solutions in the wind energy industry

like, now

https://twitter.com/BatConIntl/status/1438136799302410249

Here's the study showing the rather grim possibilities of a 50% decline and total extinction
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

IF (and that's a big "if") I've understood this correctly, and depending on true population size, there's a chance that we could see the Hoary bat go extinct in our lifetime, possibly even by 2050

These graphs show simulated populations (1 million, 2.25 million, and 10 million) with their probabilities of a 50% decline or of total extinction by 2050

HINT: the lower the initial population, the faster it happens

This also depends on how many wind farms are installed across North America between now and 2050: the high build-out and the low build-out

If more are built, more migratory species die; the less are built, the less migratory species die (even though it will still be more than are dying right now IF proposed solutions aren't put in practice)

The proposed solution here? Curtailment.

Just slow those puppies down a bit under certain conditions and it reduces Hoary bat fatalities by an estimated 48%