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Antarctica's Adelie Penguins May Benefit From Global Warming

2013-04-04 14:02:14

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online While some may be lamenting the impending forces of climate change, Adélie penguins could actually benefit from rising global temperatures. According to a new study in the open-access journal PLoS ONE, the Adélie penguin population on Antarctica’s Beaufort Island increased 84 percent as the region’s ice fields retreated from 1958 to 2010. "This research raises new questions about how Antarctic species are impacted by a...

Antarctic Adelie Penguins Learn To Cope With Climate Change

2013-02-08 14:06:00

[Watch Video: Adélie Penguins and Climate Change] Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers studying Adélie penguins say that the Antarctic birds are actually coping with climate change, for now. A team set out with a five-year NSF grant to conduct research on how penguin populations cope with climate change, and on how individual birds cope. During the expedition, they wanted to know why some penguins succeed in coping with climate change, while others do not....