Category Archives: Emperor penguin

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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