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Gentoo Penguins Thrive, While Adelies & Chinstraps Falter in Climate Changed World
2014-06-16 16:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: They may all waddle around in their tuxedolike fur, but the penguins of the Antarctic Peninsula are not equal in their ability to adapt to a warming climate. While the populations of the Adélie and chinstrap penguin species are currently declining, the gentoo species is increasing. But this hasn't always been the case, according to a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports. By tracing the genetics of the region's present-day penguins back about 12,000 years, a team of scientists...
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Avian flu discovered in penguins in Antarctica: scientist
2014-05-07 08:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Scientists have discovered a new strain of avian flu in the Antarctic, after testing a group of Adélie penguins, according to an Australian-based researcher. "We found that this virus was unlike anything else detected in the world," Aeron Hurt of the World Health Organization's Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Influenza told Reuters from Melbourne on Tuesday. The flu virus, H11N2, was found in a small number of members of a group of Adélie penguins tested at two locations...
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Penguins suffering from climate change, scientists say
2014-01-30 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Association: Penguins are in peril because of extreme environmental conditions linked to climate change, research has shown. Two new studies highlight the plight of penguin colonies trying to cope with the effects of global warming in Argentina and Antarctica. At both locations, the beguiling birds face an uncertain future. Climate change is killing chicks from the world's biggest colony of Magellanic penguins at Punta Tombo, Argentina, by increasing the rate of drenching rainstorms and heatwaves, say scientists....
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Climate Change Taking Toll on Penguins, Study Finds
2014-01-29 23:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Life has never been easy for just-hatched Magellanic penguins, but climate change is making it worse, according to a decades-long study of the largest breeding colony of the birds. The chicks are already vulnerable to predation and starvation. Now, the study at Punta Tombo, Argentina, found that intense storms and warmer temperatures are increasingly taking a toll. "Rainfall is killing a lot of penguins, and so is heat," said P. Dee Boersma, a University of Washington scientist and lead author...
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Emperor Penguins Forced To Climb Cliffs To Breed As Climate Change Causes Arctic Sea Ice To Melt
2014-01-12 09:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: When an animal species depends on sea ice for a good part of its life cycle, what are they going to do when that sea ice starts to melt and disappear due to climate change? Well for some colonies of emperor penguins, it appears the only solution is to move away from that melting sea ice even if it means climbing up the very steep sides of floating ice shelves to find safer breeding sites. The new behavior described this week in the journal PLoS One was observed in four of the 46 known emperor...