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☆ Scientists Spot Previously Unknown Colonies of Emperor Penguins in Antarctica
  + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Associated Press | Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +2 min
Previously unknown colonies of emperor penguins have been spotted in new satellite imagery. Emperor penguins, considered “near threatened” with extinction, are the world’s largest penguins. At least some emperor penguins are moving their colonies as melting ice from climate change threatens breeding grounds, according to research released on Wednesday. “Emperor penguins have taken it upon themselves to try to find more stable sea ice,” he said. Scientists currently know of 66 emperor penguin colonies.
Persons: penguins, Peter Fretwell, hadn't, Fretwell, Daniel Zitterbart, ” Organizations: British Antarctic Survey, Oceanographic Institution, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Halley, —
☆ Around 10,000 penguin chicks died when the Antarctic ice they lived on melted — they were still too young to survive in the icy water
  + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Around 10,000 penguin chicks died after an ice bed they lived on broke apart, the BBC said. The emperor penguin chicks, who had not yet developed waterproof feathers, died last October. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Emperors depend on sea ice for their breeding cycle; it's the stable platform they use to bring up their young. Smyley Island emperor penguin colony on October 28, 2022 (left) versus December 3, 2022 (right). By the end of December 2022, sea ice extent was the lowest experienced in the 45-year satellite record.
Persons: Dr, Peter Fretwell Organizations: BBC, Service, British Antarctic Survey, Copernicus Sentinel Locations: Wall, Silicon, Bellingshausen, Antarctica
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