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Re:Antarctica: Thousands of emperor penguin chicks died in 2... by Aromasin on Thursday April 25, 2019 @07:00AM (#19746830)
The unfortunate consequence is that there seems to be no sign of further breeding after this point, despite the adult penguins surviving. I think they're insinuating that the catastrophe is on-going.
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Re:Antarctica: Thousands of emperor penguin chicks died in 2... by ahje on Thursday April 25, 2019 @07:14AM (#19746890)
> The unfortunate consequence is that there seems to be no sign of further breeding after this point, despite the adult penguins surviving.

From the article: "A colony some 50km away, close to the Dawson-Lambton Glacier, has seen a big rise in its numbers."

At least some of them seems to have moved on.

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Re:Antarctica: Thousands of emperor penguin chicks died in 2... by Kiro on Thursday April 25, 2019 @08:09AM (#19747183)
Ongoing but isolated to one colony so it's not a global catastrophe if that's what you think. Climate change may make it though.
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Re:Antarctica: Thousands of emperor penguin chicks died in 2... by Aromasin on Thursday April 25, 2019 @08:54AM (#19747532)
Losing 5-9% of a species genetic stock is still a massive loss in my eyes, no matter what way you look at it.
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