Climate change could be behind what is being described as the worst breeding failure in 60 years.
Antarctica's second-biggest breeding ground for emperor penguins has seen almost no eggs hatched in the past three years.Up to 24,000 breeding pairs of emperor penguins would travel yearly to a breeding site at Halley Bay on the Brunt Ice Shelf, considered a secure place for breeding despite rising sea levels.
However, in 2016 and 2017 there was no breeding and in 2018 there was only a very small amount, according to a study published in Antarctic Science. Scientists believe it is down to the sharp decline in climate and weather conditions that break apart the fast ice - sea ice connected to the land. It is where the penguins breed before later heading to open sea.“We’ve never seen a breeding failure on a scale like this in 60 years,” said co-author of the study Phil Trathan, head of conservation biology at the British Antarctic Survey .He added that around 8% of the world’s emperor penguin population breed at Halley Bay.
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