{"id":157070,"date":"2026-09-06T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=157070"},"modified":"2026-09-06T09:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T09:00:06","slug":"study-that-argued-chinas-solar-policy-hurt-birds-may-have-miscounted-2-billion-egrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=157070","title":{"rendered":"Study that argued China\u2019s solar policy hurt birds may have miscounted 2 billion egrets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA study in one of the world\u2019s top scientific journals that concluded China\u2019s policy-driven solar energy expansion was harming bird diversity has come under fire after allegations emerged that the analysis may have used observations of 2.1 billion little egrets in a single park \u2013 more than the entire global population of the species.<br \/>\nIt also brought up heated conversations on social media about negative narratives surrounding China\u2019s green energy sector.<br \/>\nThe study in question \u2013 by researchers in&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3366286\/study-argued-chinas-solar-policy-hurt-birds-may-have-miscounted-2-billion-egrets?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA study in one of the world\u2019s top scientific journals that concluded China\u2019s policy-driven solar energy expansion was harming bird diversity has come under&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157070"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157070\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}