An emperor Penguin colony in Antarctica vanishes | World News, The Indian Express

An emperor Penguin colony in Antarctica vanishes | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Published: April 26, 2019 1:27:35 pm

An emperor Penguin colony in Antarctica vanishes

Emperor penguins — the world’s largest — breed and molt on sea ice, chunks of frozen seawater. Awkward on land, they cannot climb icy cliffs and so are vulnerable to warming weather and high winds whipping across the ice.

In a handout photo provided by the British Antarctic Survey, emperor penguin chicks in 2010 at Halley Bay in Antarctica. (Peter Fretwell/British Antarctic Survey via The New York Times) 

By Karen Weintraub