Sentences with phrase «by emperor penguins»

mikewaite, a good point about the foods eaten by Emperor penguins (krill and silverfish).

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They also insulate their bodies with fur, blubber and, in the case of emperor penguins, by huddling en masse against the icy Antarctic winds that can bring the air temperature down to -60 °C.

Research suggests that emperor penguin colonies will be dramatically affected by climate change, according to British Antarctic Survey biologist Phil Trathan.

Current predictions [5], [6] suggest that trends in sea ice extent will alter in the second half of this century and that the annual average sea ice extent will diminish by 33 %; most of this retreat is expected to occur in winter and spring [5], [6], with attendant risks for emperor penguins.

These concerns over the lack of a baseline population figure for the species have led to the suggestion that emperor penguins should be re-classified by the IUCN from «of least concern'to «data deficient» [14].

Emperor penguins are suited to census by remote sensing for reasons mentioned above.

The story revolves around Mumble (voiced by Elijah Wood, Everything is Illuminated), a young emperor penguin who is ostracized by the rest of his brethren because he doesn't know how to sing.

Happy Feet features the vocal talents of Elijah Wood and Robin Williams Happy Feet (Cert U, 104 mins, Warner Home Video, Family / Musical / Romance / Comedy, also available to buy DVD # 18.99) Young emperor penguin Mumble (voiced by Elijah Wood) is an outcast in his Antarctic community.

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Geologie Emperor Penguins are also known as the Terre Adelie colony or the Dumont d'Urville colony, named after the adjacent French research station known by the locals as DuDu.).

«If sea ice declines at the rates projected by the IPCC climate models, and continues to influence emperor penguins as it did in the second half of the 20th century in Terre Adélie, at least two - thirds of the colonies are projected to have declined by greater than 50 % from their current size by 2100,» Dr Jenouvrier said.

Research suggests that emperor penguin colonies will be dramatically affected by climate change, according to British Antarctic Survey biologist Phil Trathan.

But like DuDu's Emperors, declines in Adelie Penguins are rare local events, restricted to about 5 % of Antarctica's coastline and best explained by changes in the win direction.

The CBD wrote, «The Emperor colony at Terre Adelie in East Antarctica» featured in the Academy Award - winning French documentary, March of the Penguins» plummeted by more than 50 % in the late 1970s during a warm period with little sea ice cover, when adults died en masse.

Also, many of the colonies where counts do exist were last counted several decades ago, while other counts rely on estimates from late in the breeding season... These concerns over the lack of a baseline population figure for the species have led to the suggestion that emperor penguins should be re-classified by the IUCN from «of least concern'to «data deficient»»

However, it was not until the 1997 discovery of antibodies to Infectious Bursal Disease Virus (IBDV) in a high percentage of emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks at Auster Rookery (through research led by Australian Antarctic Division veterinary biologist, Heather Gardner), that disease in Antarctic wildlife was connected with the presence of people in Antarctica.

Some species don't get the chance to seek cooler climate as climate change has also caused the disappearance of many creatures including emperor penguins, which lost 50 percent of their population; rockhopper penguins in Campbell Island dipped by 96 percent; ivy gull lost 70 percent; and Arctic skua breeding numbers in Scotland decreased 74 percent from 1986 to 2011.

Stephanie Jenouvrier and Hal Caswell of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and several French, Dutch and British colleagues have revealed that the emperor penguin is threatened with extinction by global warming.

Emperor penguins, whose long treks across Antarctic ice to mate have been immortalised by Hollywood, are heading towards extinction, scientists say.