Emperor Penguins Threatened by Antarctic Sea Ice Loss

“We rely on the functioning of those ecosystems,” he says. “We eat fish that come from the Antarctic. We rely on nutrient cycles that involve species in the oceans all over the world. Understanding the effects of climate change on predators at the top of marine food chains – like emperor penguins – is in our best interest, because it helps us understand ecosystems that provide important services to us.”

Also co-authoring the study were Christophe Barbraud and Henri Weimerskirch of theCentre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, in France, and Mark Serreze of the National Snow and Ice Data Center in the United States.

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The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) under sponsorship by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Source: UCAR.