CBC Technology ScienceApr 10
Emperor penguins now endangered as climate change shrinks sea ice
Emperor penguins, the largest penguin species, are now listed as endangered following a new international assessment of how climate change is affecting their habitat and population.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/emperor-penguins-endangered-climate-9.7158057?cmp=rss
CBC EdmontonApr 10
Emperor penguins now endangered as climate change shrinks sea ice
Emperor penguins, the largest penguin species, are now listed as endangered following a new international assessment of how climate change is affecting their habitat and population.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/emperor-penguins-endangered-climate-9.7158057?cmp=rss
CBC Top StoriesApr 9
Emperor penguins now endangered as climate change shrinks sea ice
Emperor penguins, the largest penguin species, are now listed as endangered following a new international assessment of how climate change is affecting their habitat and population.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/emperor-penguins-endangered-climate-9.7158057?cmp=rss
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Apr 9
#EmperorPenguins are marching toward #extinction. #Antarctica #furseals too
The species are now “#Endangered,” pushed to the brink by #climatechange in Antarctica
International Union for Conservation of Nature a network of about 17,000 #scientists and experts from over 160 countries maintains #IUCN Red List, tally of how threatened different species are in wild. “Endangered” status means the birds face “a very high risk of extinction in the wild.”
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/emperor-penguins-endangered-extinction-iucn
https://archive.ph/lEQBl
Emperor penguins are marching toward extinction. Antarctica fur seals too

Conservationists now list the penguins and seals as “Endangered.” Climate change in Antarctica has led to plunging populations.

Science News
Mojo ♻️Apr 9

Heartbreaking: Thousands of fluffy emperor penguin chicks have drowned as Antarctic sea ice shatters beneath them — too early for the babies to swim or stay warm.
The IUCN has now officially listed emperor penguins as Endangered. Record-low sea ice, driven by global heating, is collapsing their breeding grounds. Entire colonies are falling into the ocean. Chicks that don't drown often freeze to death, soaked and helpless.
This isn't some distant future scenario. It's happening now — in 2022 alone, four out of five colonies in the Bellingshausen Sea were wiped out. Scientists are calling them a "sentinel species": what we're doing to the planet is playing out in real time on the ice.
The emperor penguin’s move to endangered is a stark warning: climate change is accelerating the extinction crisis before our eyes.

#ClimateCrisis #EmperorPenguins #Antarctica #SaveOurSeas #ActOnClimate

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/09/mass-drowning-of-chicks-puts-emperor-penguins-at-risk-of-extinction

Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction

Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice are having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers

The Guardian
NewsletterTFApr 9

Emperor Penguins Classified as Endangered Amidst Climate Change Concerns

Emperor Penguins are now listed as Endangered by the IUCN because climate change is destroying their sea ice homes. This affects their breeding and survival.

#EmperorPenguins, #EndangeredSpecies, #ClimateChange, #AntarcticWildlife, #IUCNRedList

https://newsletter.tf/emperor-penguins-endangered-climate-change-antarctica/

NewsletterTFApr 9

Emperor Penguins are now classified as Endangered, a big change from previous years. This is because their sea ice homes are disappearing due to climate change.

#EmperorPenguins, #EndangeredSpecies, #ClimateChange, #AntarcticWildlife, #IUCNRedList
https://newsletter.tf/emperor-penguins-endangered-climate-change-antarctica/

Emperor Penguins Now Endangered Due to Climate Change, IUCN Says

Emperor Penguins are now listed as Endangered by the IUCN because climate change is destroying their sea ice homes. This affects their breeding and survival.

NewsletterTF
Show threadNonilexApr 9

If #EmperorPenguins & #AntarcticFurSeals are suffering, Aguilar said, it means that humans should be worried too.

#climate #environment #GlobalWarming #EndangeredSpecies #wildlife #MarineLife #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #law #EnvironmentalLaw #science

Show threadNonilexApr 9

“#EmperorPenguins are a sentinel species that tell us about our changing world & how well we are controlling #GreenhouseGas #emissions,” Philip Trathan, a member of the IUCN specialist group that determined the species’ #conservation status, said in a statement Thursday.

#climate #environment #GlobalWarming #EndangeredSpecies #wildlife #MarineLife #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #law #EnvironmentalLaw #science

Show threadNonilexApr 9
#EmperorPenguins were already considered near threatened due to the loss of #coastal #SeaIce, which they rely on for raising chicks. Early ice breakup can lead to colonies falling into the ocean before chicks grow their waterproof feathers, causing the hatchlings to drown.

There are less than 600,000 adult emperor penguins left in the wild, & new projections suggest that the population could fall to half that by the 2080s, acc/to the International Union for the #Conservation of #Nature [#IUCN].