00:00Is Europe's path through a fossil fuel-free future putting at risk birds already in decline
00:06because of human-caused climate change?
00:10Spotting collisions at sea is hard. It's dark and the turbines are far from shore.
00:17But a new year-long pilot study may have changed that.
00:21According to the study from Vattenfall, Wildlife Imaging Systems and Wageningen University,
00:27covering both spring and autumn migration seasons,
00:3122 possible bird collisions were identified.
00:35Two were confirmed and one more was considered highly probable.
00:40Researchers combined thermal cameras with artificial intelligence
00:44to detect small birds and bats at night and larger birds by day, even in fog or rain.
00:51Europe leads the world in offshore wind with more than 30 GW installed enough to power over 26 million homes.
01:00Earlier this year, ten countries including Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK
01:05committed to 100 GW of joint offshore wind across the North Sea by 2050.
01:11But while land birds rarely encounter these installations, experts say some offshore and coastal species continue to face heightened risk.
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