DISAPPEARING PENGUINS
On a remote island lying off the Antarctic Peninsula live thousands of the continent’s most iconic animals: chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus).
In fact, it’s a nearly impossible task to count them all. But one expedition crew is on a mission to do the impossible, in the hopes that they might establish a better understanding of the species and its breeding population. For the first time in 50 years, a team of scientists has set out to count every single nest by hand, no matter how steep their nesting site or dense the colony. By monitoring how penguin populations change over time, they hope to get a better sense of how the ocean ecosystem is faring in the face of climate change—and what must be done to offset those impacts.
"Because birds, at their core, need most of the same things we do."
Noah Stryker
Credit: Greenpeace International
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