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Rebecca Ann Hughes

Drowned chicks and food scarcity: Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal now endangered

The emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal have been reclassified as ‘Endangered’ on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.

Climate change in Antarctica is leading to changes in sea ice that are projected to halve the emperor penguin population by the 2080s, while reduced food availability has already driven a 50 per cent reduction in the Antarctic fur seal population since 2000.

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