A disaster caused the sudden disappearance of thousands of penguins

April 25, 2019

Climate change continues to cause great damage to planet Earth and, in this case, the Antarctic has suffered the disappearance of thousands of emperor penguins.

New study reveals details of disaster that caused almost a generation of emperor penguins to disappear. In the Antarctic You can find one of the largest colonies of this species, but the number of specimens has declined significantly in recent years.

The survey was shared on April 25, the same day that the World Penguin Day. As reported by the BBC Halley Bay is the second largest emperor penguin colony in the world and, according to the study, "suffered three years of almost total reproductive failure".

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Researchers have expressed concern that adult penguins do not show any sign of attempted reproduction to resettle the population. On the Brunt ice floe, several decades ago, between 14,000 and 25,000 pairs remained, but by 2016, this population had disappeared.

Thanks to the satellite images, the people in charge of this study discovered that this mbad of ice has collapsed from one moment to the next and climate change is one of the factors.

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Emperors are the largest and heaviest species of this bird unable to fly and they need the seabed to be strong enough to reproduce and keep their young. If this mbad of ice breaks up too quickly, the smaller ones will not have enough plumage to swim.

Strong warm winds weakened the sea ice attached to the platform Brunt and the thickness was not necessary, causing Thousands of baby penguins drowned after losing the frozen mbad. From this moment, the platform Brunt it did not regenerate with the same thickness as it did several decades ago.