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Heat's On: 36% of Penguin Colony Decimated

Food vanishing with melting ice: science crew

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 20, 2012 2:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – More than a third of a major Antarctic penguin colony has been decimated, and researchers believe it's due to warmer temperatures and disappearing ice and food. The colony of chinstrap penguins relies for food on krill, which depend on algae that attach to ice,...   Read full story »

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