Category Archives: Antarctic birds

New insights on climate change risk to emperor penguins

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A recent study on emperor penguins at Terre Adélie provides more evidence that global warming will be bad news for this species over the long term. To provide projections of the penguins’ possible fate, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution biologist Stéphanie Jenouvrier and … Continue reading

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Satellites make possible more accurate count of emperors

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Emperors are one of the penguin species thought to be at long-term risk from climate change. But the remoteness and hostility of their environment, along with their habit of breeding during the Antarctic winter, makes study difficult. A major breakthrough … Continue reading

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Penguins as indicators of change in Antarctica

In Winged Sentinels we covered the effects of climate change on Antarctic penguins. This new Australian television report gives a look at how fluctuating penguin numbers may be linked to climate change, along with other types of environmental change: ABC … Continue reading

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