Coal Fly Ash Geoengineering’s Role in the Catastrophic Global Demise of Bird Populations and Species

Objectives: Bird populations and species worldwide are experiencing die-offs on an unprecedented
scale. Geoengineering utilizing aerosolized coal fly ash (CFA), the toxic waste product of coalburning,
as indicated by forensic evidence, has been overlooked as a causal agent of their
catastrophic demise. The principal objective of this chapter is to disclose previously unrecognised
factors, arising from CFA, that underlie the catastrophic and global decline of birds.
Methods: We utilised inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and conducted
extensive literature research.
Results: New data presented here confirm the unmistakable footprint of CFA in atmospheric
precipitation and air-drop samples. Review of the literature reveals the increasing importance of air
pollution on global bird populations. Aerosolized CFA, a particularly toxic form of air pollution, contains
multiple metals and elements well-known to adversely affect all portions of the avian life cycle, in
aerial, terrestrial, and marine environments. Studies from around the globe reveal systemic
contamination of birds by these elements.
Conclusions: Coal fly ash, including its use in ongoing atmospheric geoengineering operations, is a
major factor in global bird die-off. The accelerating decline of birds parallels the catastrophic decline of
insects, due in part to the same type of aerial pollution. There is an urgent need to recognise and halt
atmospheric geoengineering if there is to be any chance of reducing the drastic decline of birds and
the associated degradation of natural ecosystems. If the aerial spraying can be stopped, the gradual
recovery of bird populations would be the best evidence that CFA is, in fact, a leading cause of the
drastic avian decline. Coal fly ash is a cause of avian mortality that can be reduced by halting
atmospheric geo-engineering and further controlling industrial emissions. However, the “deafening
silence” on the subject of this type of CFA pollution must be broken if we are to have any chance of
slowing our rapid descent into ecological disaster.