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Thousands of penguin chicks starve in Antarctica
Yahoo News ^
| October 13, 2017
| AFP Relax News
Posted on 10/13/2017 6:03:19 AM PDT by AU72
Mass starvation has wiped out thousands of penguin chicks in Antarctica, with unusually thick sea ice forcing their parents to forage further for food in what conservationists Friday called a "catastrophic breeding failure".
They attributed the disaster to extensive sea ice late in the summer, meaning the adult penguins had to travel further to find food, with the chicks dying as they waited.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climatechange; globalwarming
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To: AU72
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posted on
10/13/2017 7:43:36 AM PDT
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dfwgator
To: SandRat
We'll let you know
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posted on
10/13/2017 7:50:22 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: AU72
I am confused. This is the Antarctic, and therefore it is not late summer, but late winter.
Also what about global warming???????
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10/13/2017 8:30:19 AM PDT
by
Gumdrop
(She made her bed and is now lying in it.)
To: AU72
But yesterday due to global warming the antarctic was
destroyed by polynyas, currents creating creating canyons on the underside of the ice, and massive calving. So dont worry about it, the antarctic is gone and so are all the penguins. One less thing to worry about...
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posted on
10/13/2017 8:41:15 AM PDT
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gnarledmaw
(Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
To: xp38
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10/13/2017 6:41:19 PM PDT
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SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country)
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