Decline in penguin levels linked to climate change

CLIMATE change effects on food sources may have contributed to a halving of penguin populations in Antarctica.

Researchers found that populations of Adelie and chinstrap penguins in the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) and Scotia Sea had fallen by 50% in the last 30 years.

The decline was directly related to a huge reduction in numbers of the penguins’ main prey, shrimp-like krill.