I.U.C.N. Red List Moves Emperor Penguins to “Endangered” (opens in new tab)

Emperor penguins, the world’s largest penguin species, are now on the list of wildlife endangered by global warming, the International Union for Conservation of Nature announced on Thursday. The changes were largely driven by shifts in sea ice levels and food availability linked to global warming, researchers said. For species in the Antarctic region, “this is the first clear evidence of climate change’s influence pop up in a big way,” said Kit Kovacs, a marine mammal researcher at the Norweg...