Penguins bring forward breeding season
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Penguins May Be Adapting to a Rapidly Warming Climate, But at a Cost
The temperature trends don't bode well for the penguins: colony locations are warming up four times faster than the average increase in Antarctica (0.3 ºC per year, as opposed to the already-rapid 0.07 ºC per year).
A decade-long study led by Penguin Watch, at the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University, has uncovered a record shift in the breeding season of Antarctic penguins, likely in response to climate change.
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Emperor penguins are a well-known species found only in Antarctica. These resilient creatures can survive even the harshest winters, relying on sea ice for foraging and breeding. However, due to climate change and melting sea ice, the species is highly ...