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Many species can migrate to avoid the effects of climate change but a new study has shown that, while finding new homes may help Emperor penguins in the short term, by the end of the century their populations will face devastating declines.
The Emperor Penguin is currently under consideration for inclusion under the US Endangered Species Act, and listing the species as endangered would reflect the seriousness of the threats it faces and the potential impact of its decline on the Antarctic ecosystem.
Penguin parents are arriving at the breeding season later and later in the year because the fish they eat are arriving later. But the later the chicks hatch, the more likely it is that they will still be covered in down feathers when the storms hit.
One new study has proved that climate change is not causing all species to lose out – some will actually benefit from a warmer world.
Last December, a group of intrepid Antarctic explorers located a colony of emperor penguins that had never been seen before by humans.
Of the world’s 18 species of penguins, 11 species are listed by the IUCN as Vulnerable or Endangered, that’s 61% of all penguins. If the Near Threatened category is added, that figure jumps to 83%.