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Climate Change Threatens Vulnerable Penguin Chicks

2014-01-30 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

RedOrbit: Lacking their parents` waterproof feathers, penguin chicks covered in down can suffer and die from hypothermia after being exposed to drenching rain despite efforts of their concerned parents to keep them safe. While previous studies have found that singular events, like a rare Antarctic rainstorm, can threaten penguin chicks, a new study in the journal PLOS ONE has identified the additional risk long-term climate change trends have for the survival of these tiny birds. "It`s the first long-term...

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Climate change is 'killing penguin chicks' say researchers

2014-01-29 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: Penguin chicks in Argentina are dying as a direct consequence of climate change, according to new research. Drenching rainstorms and extreme heat are killing the young birds in significant numbers. The study, conducted over 27 years, looked at climate impacts on the world's biggest colony of Magellanic penguins, which live on the arid Punta Tombo peninsula. The research has been published in the journal Plos One. About 200,000 pairs of these penguins make their nests on the peninsula...

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Hot Chicks: Peeps Turn 60

2013-03-30 06:39:06| Food - Topix.net

It's Easter morning. A boy rouses his younger brother, and they run to the living room to find their baskets filled with - what else? - Peeps.

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Hot chicks

2013-03-24 11:01:33| Food - Topix.net

It's Easter morning. A boy rouses his younger brother, and they run to the living room to find their baskets filled with -- what else? -- Peeps.

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Hot chicks: At 60, Peeps are more popular than ever

2013-03-17 04:41:05| Food - Topix.net

It's Easter morning. A boy rouses his younger brother, and they run to the living room to find their baskets filled with - what else? - Peeps.

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