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Stefanie Waldek

Satellite images show a dramatic decline in Antarctica's emperor penguin population — and it's happening faster than we thought (photos)

A series of black and white birds stand on a white background.

We're witnessing a march of the penguins — not to the edge of the ice, but to extinction.

According to new research by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the population of emperor penguins in western Antarctica is declining faster than our most pessimistic predictions.

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