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UPIhttps://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.474.0_en.html#goog_275967784Volume 0%Environmental impact to the emperor penguin
AccuWeather’s Melissa Constanzer spoke with research biologist Stephanie Jenouvrier about how impacts to the environment have affected emperor penguins and what the future has in store for them.
Aug. 3 (UPI) — Climate change is accelerating the extinction risk for emperor penguins, scientists said Tuesday.
The penguin species endemic to Antarctica forms colonies on sea ice, which are projected to significantly decline due to ongoing greenhouse gas emissions.
Researchers found that if sea ice declines at the rate currently projected by climate models, the species resiliency, redundancy and representation will be dramatically reduced and almost all colonies quasi-extinct by 2100, according to a new studypublished Tuesdayin Wiley Online Library.
The key findings support federal production of the species under the Endangered Species Act, and the U.S. Fish…
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