Study Estimates 18.7 Million Bat Deaths at U.S. Wind Sites
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How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
USGS scientists studied bat deaths in the U.S. USGS is a United States science group.
- A2
USGS scientists and partners studied bat deaths at U.S. wind sites.
- B1
In October 2026, a study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
- B2
Published in October 2026 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a study has examined bat losses at onshore wind energy sites in the United States.
- C1
Since the 1980s, wind power has expanded rapidly across North America, yet this growth has brought a major hazard for animals that play a key role in ecosystems by controlling pests and pollinating plants.
- C2
Since the 1980s, wind power has expanded rapidly across North America, yet this growth has brought a major hazard for animals that play a key role in ecosystems by controlling pests and pollinating plants.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- agency
- a government organisation that does a special job
- estimate
- to guess the size, number, or cost of something using the information you have
- prediction
- a statement about what you think will happen or is true based on data
- decade
- a period of ten years
- combine
- to join two or more things together to make one group
- deadly
- able or likely to cause death
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by USGS. Read the original for the full report.