Changes in the ice alter the most abundant penguin colonies in Antarctica – Pledge Times

Two baby Adelie penguins with their mother in Lützow-Holm Bay (Antarctica) at the warmest time of the year (December-January).Yuuki watanabe
A study published this Wednesday in Science Advances on tracking 175 Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) over four summers (the breeding season coincides with summer months in Antarctica, between December and January) concludes that these animals save energy when looking for food and the small ones develop faster when the amount of sea ice decreases or di…

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