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Unhappy Feet: Global Warming Threatens Emperor Penguins
2014-06-30 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: The biggest threat to emperor penguins may not be leopard seals or even killer whales, but a much larger predator: global warming. Climate change, which is quickly melting the sea ice this species depends on for survival, could cause dramatic drops in the number of emperor penguins across Antarctica by the end of the century, a new study finds. Specifically, more than two-thirds of Antarctica's emperor penguin colonies will decline by more than 50 percent by the end of the century under future...
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Antarctica's Emperor Penguins Will Be in Serious Decline By 2100, Study Says
2014-06-30 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Antarctica's Emperor penguins are facing dramatic declines by the end of the century and should be given endangered species status because of the threats posed by climate change, according to an international group of scientists. If sea ice declines at the rates projected by current climate models, at least two-thirds of the colonies will likely shrink by more than 50 percent by 2100, the researchers say. That conclusion follows a 50-year study in eastern Antarctica of Emperor penguins, an iconic...
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Emperor penguin numbers to slide as Antarctica warms
2014-06-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: 'Endangered species' Antarctica's emperor penguin population could fall by at least a fifth by 2100 as the sea ice on which the birds breed becomes less secure, predicts a new study. The study urges governments to list the birds as endangered, even though populations in 45 known colonies were likely to rise slightly by 2050 before declining by the end of the century. Such a listing could impose restrictions on tourism and fishing companies. "The emperor penguin is fully deserving of Endangered...
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Emperor penguins at extinction risk because of climate change
2014-06-30 13:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Climate change will present a severe threat to the iconic emperor penguin, as temperatures rise and the Antarctic sea-ice that the species depends on disappears, a new study has warned. In a new report, researchers from around the world have urged governments to list emperor penguins the worlds largest penguin species -- as endangered, even though their numbers are expected to rise in the coming decades. Despite optimistic short-term forecasts, the study suggests that all of the 45 known...
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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...