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Antarctica’s emperor penguins at risk of extinction due to the climate crisis
Emperor penguins are the largest penguin species. They weigh up to 40 kilograms and stand as tall as one meter. They live and breed on ice in Antarctica and forage seafood like squid and small fish around the ice sheet. If the ice on and around Antarctica melt, Emperor penguins lose their habitat and face their predators like seals and whales more openly. There are about 270,000 to 280,000 breeding pairs of emperor penguins in 60 breeding colonies along the coastline of Antarctica. As parts of the Antarctic Peninsula’s sea ice have melted by over 60% in 30 years and the global temperatures continue to rise, research suggests that the penguin population could decrease by 26% up to 47% by the middle of the century. In order to stop the population decline, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has recently categorized the species as threatened just like it did for polar bears in 2008, which seems to have helped stabilize the bear’s population. What actions are going to be taken and how soon and fast?
Enjoy reading the article and learning about the danger emperor penguins are facing.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/29/world/emperor-penguins-threatened-species-climate-scn/index.html
Antarctica’s emperor penguins at risk of extinction due to the climate crisis
Emperor penguins are the largest penguin species. They weigh up to 40 kilograms and stand as tall as one meter. They live and breed on ice in Antarctica and forage seafood like squid and small fish around the ice sheet. If the ice on and around Antarctica melt, Emperor penguins lose their habitat and face their predators like seals and whales more openly. There are about 270,000 to 280,000 breeding pairs of emperor penguins in 60 breeding colonies along the coastline of Antarctica. As parts of the Antarctic Peninsula’s sea ice have melted by over 60% in 30 years and the global temperatures continue to rise, research suggests that the penguin population could decrease by 26% up to 47% by the middle of the century. In order to stop the population decline, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has recently categorized the species as threatened just like it did for polar bears in 2008, which seems to have helped stabilize the bear’s population. What actions are going to be taken and how soon and fast?
Enjoy reading the article and learning about the danger emperor penguins are facing.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/29/world/emperor-penguins-threatened-species-climate-scn/index.html
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