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Maroc Maroc - WN.COM - Science - 18/Jan 13:21

A huge iceberg becomes a deadly trap for penguins

A massive iceberg has triggered a catastrophic die-off of Emperor Penguin chicks in Antarctica, blocking thousands of parents from reaching their young. The event claimed the lives of approximately 14,000 chicks at the Coulman Island colony in the Ross Sea, the region’s largest breeding ground. According to a research team led by Dr. Jeong-hoon Kim of the Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), survival rates at the colony plummeted by 70 percent. Satellite analysis and drone surveys reveal that the population of new chicks fell from roughly 21,000 last year to just 6,700 this season. A geographical trap The primary cause of this event was an iceberg, spanning nearly 14 kilometers. Field...

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