Scientists monitoring the world's largest penguin species used satellites to assess 16 colonies in the Antarctic Peninsula, Weddell Sea and Bellingshausen Sea. — Photos: AFP
Emperor penguin populations in Antarctica have shrunk by almost a quarter as global warming transforms their icy habitat, according to new research released June 10 that warned the losses were far worse than previously imagined.
Scientists monitoring the world's largest penguin species used satellites to assess 16 colonies in the Antarctic Peninsula, Weddell Sea and Bellingshausen Sea, representing nearly a third of the global emperor penguin population.
