Adélie Penguins (IMAGE)

University of Minnesota

Adélie Penguins

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The population size of an Adélie penguin colony on Antarctica's Beaufort Island increased 84 percent as the ice fields retreated between 1958-2010, with the biggest change in the last three decades.

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Michelle LaRue, University of Minnesota

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