canaryinthem它ine.pptVIP

* Canary in the mine The classic example of animals serving as sentinels is the canary in the coal mine. Climate canary is a new term coined to denote a portent of an environmental catastrophe caused by climate change. The canary in the phrase refers to the canary in the coal mine — a canary would be the first victim in a coal mine that has toxic gases in the air; its death would warn the miners of danger. Well into the 20th century, coal miners in the United Kingdom and the United States brought canaries into coal mines as an early-warning signal for toxic gases including methane and carbon