Zack LabeAug 24, 2023

Terrible news from a study out today on emperor penguins in the Antarctic (https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00927-x):

"Of the five breeding sites in the region all but one experienced total breeding failure after sea ice break-up before the start of the fledging period of the 2022 breeding season. This is the first recorded incident of a widespread breeding failure of emperor penguins that is clearly linked with large-scale contractions in sea ice extent."

More here: https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/loss-of-sea-ice-causes-catastrophic-breeding-failure-for-emperor-penguins/

Record low 2022 Antarctic sea ice led to catastrophic breeding failure of emperor penguins - Communications Earth & Environment

Four out of five emperor penguin colonies in the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica experienced breeding failure in spring 2022 due to unprecedented sea ice loss, according to an analysis of satellite images over 2018–2022.

Nature
Show threadanniemo71

@ZLabe

Heartbreaking & we will *all* be affected in the near future Humanity is nuts, seeing what's happening all over the world but they remain in denial 🤬

Even a couple of my family members
I could place the written evidence & the graphs in front of them, and get the reply, "there have been dramatic highs and lows throughout history but we are still here"

I despair, I do
But...I'm an old woman who apparently *reads too much!*

Perhaps older people have no right to discuss this stuff! 🤬

Aug 24, 2023 at 4:43pmWeb
Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport HolderAug 24, 2023

@anniemo71 @ZLabe

Ask them how we are going to put those millions of years of carbon sequestration back in the ground fast enough.

Millions of years worth.

They will eventually reach a point where they realise old grandma knows so much because old grandma has had more years to read, learn and observe than they have had.