Penguin Science | Exploring Species Climate Change Options
Like animals everywhere, Antarctic penguins are adjusting, or not, to changes in their habitat brought by warming temperatures. With extensive field research on their existing colonies, and a 45,000 year-old record contained in deposits of their bones and egg shells, we know more about how Antarctic penguins will adjust to rapid climate change than almost any other creature on Earth.
Animation illustrating penguin response to advance and retreat of ice sheets in the Ross Sea: click here to begin
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PenguinCam time-lapse animations from Cape Royds, Shackletons Hut and and the Cape Royds adelie penguin colony: click here to begin or on image below
Penguin Science | Losing the Last Pristine Marine Ecosystem on Earth
To learn about effects of industrial fishing on the penguins' food web and its impact on the Ross Sea ecosystem click here
Penguin Science | Penguins Marching Into the Classroom
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