How Wind Turbines Harm Bats

It seems that for every report praising wind turbines for offering an alternative to carbon-based energy, there is another report that the massive structures are responsible for the deaths of flying animals such as birds and bats. Although numerous studies have attempted to quantify the impact of turbines on wildlife populations by counting carcasses found at wind farms, there is still some mystery about how the impacted animals died in the first place. Did they collide with some part of the turbine, experience "barotrauma" as a result of the extreme pressure differentials caused by the fast-moving blades, or both? read more

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