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Climate change could reduce Adélie penguin populations
2016-07-04 15:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Treehugger: Even a species that has benefited from temperature increases in the past may be hurt by excessive warming. Adélie penguins (Phygoscelis adeliae) have lived in Antarctica for millions of years. They are one of only two penguin species found exclusively on the continent, the other being Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri). Unlike Emperor penguins, which trek for miles to breeding colonies located in ice-covered regions of Antarctica, Adélie penguins breed solely in ice-free areas along the coast,...
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Shocking study: Climate change could decimate penguin population by 60% this century
2016-07-04 09:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BABW News: The Adélie penguin survives on dry rocks to protect it's young but mounting climate changes will bring wetter weather that will make it hard for the penguin to adapt and survive. Climate change is at it again and this time it`s affecting penguin populations in Antarctica. Warmer sea waters are to blame for the possible rapid decline of the Adélie penguins. The penguin usually prefers rocky, ice-free areas to live and breed so warmer climates in the past have proven advantageous for them. However,...
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Climate Change Will Damage Penguin Populations By 60% This Century
2016-07-03 12:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
HNGN: Climate change is affecting Antarctica's penguin population, which is reducing rapidly, especially in regions where the impact of global warming is felt the most. The population is expected to plummet by 60 percent at the end of this century. The main reason for their plummeting population is the warming of sea water. Even though the penguins cannot survive extremely cold temperatures, the warmer places too cannot let them live, explain experts, relying on global climate model projections and...
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Penguin population could drop 60 percent by end of the century
2016-06-29 04:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: The geologic record shows that as glaciers expanded and covered Adélie breeding habitats with ice, penguin colonies were abandoned. When the glaciers melted during warming periods, this warming positively affected the Adélie penguins, allowing them to return to their rocky breeding grounds. But now, University of Delaware scientists and colleagues report that this beneficial warming may have reached its tipping point. In a paper published today (June 29) in Scientific Reports, the researchers...
Antarctica's penguin colonies need your mouse clicks
2016-04-13 03:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: I just spent the last 10 minutes tagging unsuspecting penguins in photos captured by dozens of research cameras. And it was extremely satisfying. My official contribution to the penguin conservation scene came courtesy of the newly updated PenguinWatch 2.0 initiative, the largest Antarctic citizen science venture in the world. Researchers studying Antarctica's penguin colonies have setup 100 cameras in an effort to conduct the largest-ever census of the birds. The species, severely threatened...
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