Thousands of emperor penguin chicks died because of a lack of sea ice
I’ve often wondered what it will take for people to sit up and take notice of the climate crisis. It doesn’t seem to be the risk of imperilling their descendants, nor the risk of more extreme weather. So what about the news that thousands of emperor penguin chicks (yes, the same as the one in Happy Feet) died in late 2022 when the sea ice on their colonies broke up before they had developed their waterproof feathers.
As Dr Peter Fretwell, a researcher with the British Antarctic Survey put it: “it’s a grim story. I was shocked. It’s very hard to think of these cute fluffy chicks dying in large numbers.”