Tag: turbines

June 23, 2022

Loss of bats at turbines means loss of ecosystem services

As wind energy development increases around the world, the spinning turbines can be deadly to bats, and the ecosystem services that bats provide—like pest control—are lost with them. Researchers in...

September 30, 2021

Scotland eagles face different wind turbine threats than in the U.S.

In 2017, the Scottish government became concerned when a lot of tagged golden eagles were disappearing or dying. People involved in the sport of grouse shooting claimed it wasn’t their...

April 22, 2021

Community science can steer wind farms away from eagles

As wind energy increases in the United States, researchers are looking for ways to protect birds that are at risk of dying from striking wind turbines. One way is through...

June 16, 2016

JWM Study: Making better predictions of eagle fatalities

To help conserve eagles and help make developers more aware of the effects of wind energy facilities on the birds, researchers recently helped update a model to predict eagle fatalities...