commons.wikimedia.org Feds grant Endangered Species Act protections to emperor penguin, citing climate change The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday that it will grant the emperor penguin “threatened” status under the Endangered Species Act, citing the effects of climate change on the sea ice that comprises its habitat.
Newslettercommons.wikimedia.org Global warming puts emperor penguins on thin ice Emperor penguins endure Antarctica’s extreme cold and biting winds. But global warming may prove too much for these tough birds to handle.
Newsletter Photo by Paul Carroll on Unsplash Virtually all emperor penguins doomed for extinction by 2100 as climate change looms, study finds The United States is moving to list emperor penguins as a threatened species based on new evidence that colonies are imperiled by shrinking sea ice.
Newsletter www.nationalgeographic.com As ice melts, emperor penguins march toward extinction The flightless birds depend on Antarctica’s frozen sea ice shelves for safety and breeding. But as temperatures rise, the shelves are vanishing.
Impacts www.fastcompany.com Sea ice loss will eradicate most emperor penguin colonies by 2100 Without action to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions, sea ice loss will eradicate most emperor penguin colonies by 2100.
World’s second largest emperor penguin colony ‘disappeared overnight’ with thousands of chicks wiped out Thousands of chicks drowned after an ice shelf in Antarctica collapsed
