Adelie Penguins at Risk (IMAGE)

University of Delaware

Adelie Penguins at Risk

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University of Delaware researchers project that approximately 30 percent of current Adélie colonies may be in decline by 2060 and approximately 60 percent may be in decline by 2099. Warming in Antarctica, once beneficial to the penguins, has reached a tipping point and is causing the sharp decline.

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University of Delaware/ Megan Cimino

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