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World's largest penguin colony crashes by two-thirds

Original: World’s largest penguin colony suffers ‘enormous population crash’. Chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island in Antarctic

The chinstrap penguin colony on Zavodovski Island in Antarctica, considered the world's largest, has fallen by roughly two-thirds since 2011, researchers report. Scientists link the 'enormous population crash' most probably to the climate crisis, which is altering sea ice and the krill stocks the penguins depend on. Conservationists say the findings add to growing evidence that warming waters are reshaping Antarctic ecosystems.

Why now: New research reported in the Guardian shows a dramatic decline in the world's largest penguin colony, linked to climate change.

Chinstrap penguinsZavodovski IslandAntarctica

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• World’s largest penguin colony suffers ‘enormous population crash’. Chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island in Antarctica down by two-thirds since 2011, probably due to climate crisis. # ClimateChange # GlobalWarming https://www. theguardian.com/environment/20… · climatenewsnow · 5

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