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Emperor penguin population to slide due Antarctic climate change
Yahoo ^ | 6/29/14 | Alister Doyle - Reuters

Posted on 06/29/2014 4:26:24 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

OSLO, (Reuters) - Global warming will cut Antarctica's 600,000-strong emperor penguin population by at least a fifth by 2100 as the sea ice on which the birds breed becomes less secure, a study said on Sunday.

The report urged governments to list the birds as endangered, even though populations in 45 known colonies were likely to rise slightly by 2050 before declining. Such a listing could impose restrictions on tourism and fishing companies.

The study is the first to project the long-term outlook for Antarctica's largest penguins, which can grow 1.2 meters (four ft) tall, seeking to fill a gap in understanding climate change and wildlife in one of the remotest parts of the planet.

Overall, numbers were set to fall by at least 19 percent from current levels by 2100 as sea ice melts. And two-thirds of colonies of the birds, which have distinctive golden head patches, would decline by more than half, it said.

"It's not happy news for the emperor penguin," said Hal Castellan of the U.S. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a co-author of the study in the journal Nature Climate Change.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alisterdoyle; antarctic; antarctica; emperor; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; penguin; penguins; population; reuters
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To: NormsRevenge

This from the people who can’t tell me if a hurricane hitting Florida this year?


41 posted on 06/29/2014 7:49:14 PM PDT by GOPJ (Why no outrage over IRS targeting? Same reason Pravda didn't make a stink about gulags.FREnterprise)
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To: clearcarbon
"Emperor penguin population to slide due Antarctic climate change"

Seal population makes great gains due to GW.


42 posted on 06/30/2014 2:37:00 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: NormsRevenge
The report urged governments to list the birds as endangered, even though populations in 45 known colonies were likely to rise slightly by 2050 before declining.

One just canNOT argue with HARD science!!

43 posted on 06/30/2014 2:38:02 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Note: this topic is from 06/29/2014. Thanks NormsRevenge.
Global warming will cut Antarctica's 600,000-strong emperor penguin population by at least a fifth by 2100 as the sea ice on which the birds breed becomes less secure... even though populations in 45 known colonies were likely to rise slightly by 2050 before declining... Overall, numbers were set to fall by at least 19 percent from current levels by 2100 as sea ice melts. And two-thirds of colonies of the birds, which have distinctive golden head patches, would decline by more than half, it said.
IOW, numbers are going to decline by a mere 19%, but not until after 2050, well after the scam artists who shill out this swill have retired.
Penguins die in 'catastrophic' Antarctic breeding season...It was caused by unusually high amounts of ice late in the season, meaning adults had to travel further for food. [October 13, 2017]

44 posted on 12/14/2018 11:14:05 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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