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Antarctica’s endangered emperor penguins under siege from thinning ice and cruise ships
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Antarctica’s endangered emperor penguins under siege from thinning ice and cruise ships
Emperor penguins have just been declared endangered, pushed towards collapse by the reduction of sea ice. But another pressure is growing fast: a surge in Antarctic tourism that adds emissions, noise and disturbance to a species already under threat.
The emperor manchot has just been officially classified as "in danger" of extinction by IUCN only 124 years after its discovery, in the same way as Antarctic fur sea lions. In particular, global warming has led the Antarctic krill to migrate further south and melts the pack ice at an unprecedented rate, factors leading to a cascade of negative impacts on these species The first colony of emperor penchots (Aptenodytes forsteri), the largest and m…
Both species see their habitat threatened by melting and food shortages from global warming
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