To the 0.004% who don't have cell phones, great news! The rest of us are killing millions of birds

Your cell phone is killing millions of birds | Grist

grist.org 01 May '12, 3pm

To the 0.004% who don't have cell phones, great news! The rest of us are killing millions of birds

I know that it is a tragedy when a person wants to check Twitter on her phone, and the service sucks and — aaaaahhhh — now she is bored. Bored, bored, bored, and AT&T is the worst, and why didn’t you wait for the Verizon iPhone? Luckily for bored humans, there are 84,000 communications towers in North America intended to forestall this type of angst. Unluckily for birds, these 84,000 communications towers in North America often kill the birds as they are migrating each year. The University of Southern California put a number on this massacre and it is large: 7 million bird deaths each year. As context for that, the university offers this figure: Exxon Valdez is responsible for only 250,000 bird deaths. The worst towers are the tall towers — the 1.6 percent of towers that go above 900 feet. That’s still a fair number of towers (more than 1,300). But these skyscraping towers...

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@ysayap

02 May '12, 6am
The available modern technology that makes our jobs easier has it's side effects to nature. Unfortunately, a lot of birds are being killed. Mobile companies should find a way of preventing this to happen.
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@LyndsayFarlow » 03 May '12, 4am
@JillHallMP You could always ditch your mobile phone for counter balance: [link] #weRus #auspol
@mattantinucci » 02 May '12, 12am
Wow. RT @grist: Cell phone communications towers are killing birds as they migrate: [link] Another reason to hate on your cell
@grist » 01 May '12, 11pm
Cell phone communications towers are killing birds as they migrate: [link] Another reason to hate on your cell.
@geoffkendall » 01 May '12, 8pm
Cell phone towers killing nearly 30x more birds per year than Exxon Valdez spill?! [link]
@j002t » 01 May '12, 7pm
Ook in NL? “@grist: To the 0.004% who don't have cell phones, great news! [link] The rest of us are killing millions of birds”
@MattSileoDotCom » 01 May '12, 6pm
[link] Oops actually it's all communication towers not just cell towers that kill millions of birds annually.
@JoannaStreetly » 01 May '12, 5pm
RT @JohnVaillant: ikillphone - USC study: 7 =million= bird deaths each year due to collisions w/ cell towers: [link] via @grist
@debgreenspan » 01 May '12, 5pm
RT @drgrist: Your cell phone is killing millions of birds -- even more birds than [ominous music swells] WIND FARMS [link]
@JohnVaillant » 01 May '12, 5pm
ikillphone - USC study: 7 =million= bird deaths each year due to collisions w/ cell towers: [link] via @grist
@drgrist » 01 May '12, 5pm
Your cell phone is killing millions of birds -- even more birds than [ominous music swells] WIND FARMS [link]
@MattSileoDotCom » 01 May '12, 5pm
[link] we cell phone users are killing millions of birds annually. 1more reason im moving off the grid
@recoverbrands » 01 May '12, 4pm
RT@grist: To the 0.004% who don't have cell phones, great news! [link] The rest of us are killing millions of birds
@thesticksooke » 01 May '12, 4pm
Phone-free Luddite feels smug now: [link]
@erryaesclepius » 01 May '12, 4pm
RT @grist: To the 0.004% who don't have cell phones, great news! [link] The rest of us are killing millions of birds
@grist » 01 May '12, 4pm
To the 0.004% who don't have cell phones, great news! [link] The rest of us are killing millions of birds
@UrbanRelations » 01 May '12, 3pm
#GlobalProxy / @Grist // Your cell phone is killing millions of #birds [link]
@DallasRealEst8 » 01 May '12, 3pm
Your cell phone is killing millions of birds: I know that it is a tragedy when a person want to check Twitter on... [link]
@stiforprotator » 01 May '12, 3pm
|[link]| Your cell phone is killing millions of birds: I know that it is a tragedy ... [link] #teamfollowback
@zfree » 01 May '12, 11pm
RT @grist: Cell phone communications towers are killing birds as they migrate: [link] Another reason to hate on your cell.
@ValckeNDP » 01 May '12, 11pm
RT @grist: Cell phone communications towers are killing birds as they migrate: [link] Another reason to hate on your cell.
@ApolloForever » 01 May '12, 11pm
RT @grist: Cell phone communications towers are killing birds as they migrate: [link] Another reason to hate on your cell.
@justinehausheer » 01 May '12, 11pm
RT @grist: Cell phone communications towers are killing birds as they migrate: [link] Another reason to hate on your cell.
@jtrygges » 01 May '12, 11pm
RT @grist: Cell phone communications towers are killing birds as they migrate: [link] Another reason to hate on your cell.
@Natasha1024 » 01 May '12, 10pm
RT @grist To the 0.004% who don't have cell phones, great news! [link] The rest of us are killing millions of birds
@djsmapping » 01 May '12, 6pm
RT @JohnVaillant: ikillphone - USC study: 7 =million= bird deaths each year due to collisions w/ cell towers: [link] via @grist
@Gully_Chris » 01 May '12, 5pm
RT @drgrist: Your cell phone is killing millions of birds -- even more birds than [ominous music swells] WIND FARMS [link]
@nickstew_art » 01 May '12, 5pm
RT @drgrist: Your cell phone is killing millions of birds -- even more birds than [ominous music swells] WIND FARMS [link]
@greenhamgranny » 01 May '12, 5pm
RT @grist: To the 0.004% who don't have cell phones, great news! [link] The rest of us are killing millions of birds
@dhlovelife » 01 May '12, 5pm
RT @grist: To the 0.004% who don't have cell phones, great news! [link] The rest of us are killing millions of birds
@antoniodiasri » 01 May '12, 5pm
RT @grist: To the 0.004% who don't have cell phones, great news! [link] The rest of us are killing millions of birds
@falselogic » 01 May '12, 5pm
RT @grist: To the 0.004% who don't have cell phones, great news! [link] The rest of us are killing millions of birds
@gristlist » 01 May '12, 4pm
Your cell phone is killing millions of birds [link]