{"id":805,"date":"2019-04-19T06:41:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T06:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepoetryofscience.peachpuff-wolverine-566518.hostingersite.com\/?p=805"},"modified":"2019-07-01T07:55:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T07:55:14","slug":"swallowed-by-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/thepoetryofscience\/805\/swallowed-by-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Swallowed by the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sailing swiftly along the salted seashore,<\/p>\n

Your whiteish throat flanks brown streaks<\/p>\n

That accentuate comedic orange brows.<\/p>\n

Amongst saline marshes and sunken reeds<\/p>\n

You build your nests in tall grasses,<\/p>\n

Limited by any stable support to protect<\/p>\n

Our token gesture of \u2018high concern\u2019;<\/p>\n

Your whispery, wheezy song a knowing nod<\/p>\n

To the limitations of your non-adaptive home.<\/p>\n

And whilst others sing of your promiscuity,<\/p>\n

Your profligate mating habits are no match for<\/p>\n

The profligacy with which we destroy your habitat.<\/p>\n

A row of empty nests, their underlying thatch<\/p>\n

Floating in the low tides of our inaction.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
The saltmarsh swallow (Photo Credit: Bill Hubick).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This poem is inspired by recent research<\/a>, which has found that that some sparrow species will go extinct within the century due to climate change.<\/p>\n

The global breeding range of the saltmarsh sparrow extends from Virginia to Maine, with a population estimate of 60,000 birds. Sea-level rise can negatively impact breeding by reducing the amount of available habitat, and by increasing the rate at which the birds\u2019 nests are flooded.<\/p>\n

This new research has estimated the saltmarsh sparrow populations in coastal New Jersey over a 42-yr period, based on the simulated effect of low (0.35 m) and high (0.75 m) sea-level rise. These results show that if left unchecked, the saltmarsh sparrow population will likely reach a quasi-extinction threshold (i.e. the level at which the number of adults may be insufficient to assure persistence of the species) within the next 20 years. Given the projected increases in sea level over the next few decades, more work is needed to \u00a0evaluate the effectiveness of management actions, such as predator control, in order to avoid the extinction of saltmarsh sparrows.<\/p>\n

An audio version of this poem can be heard here:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/scienceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/Swallowed-by-the-Sea.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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