It's World Penguin Day, but as we celebrate this charismatic animal, have a thought about how they are reacting to climate change. Our new paper released today gives a short assessment of emperor struggles with sea ice loss. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

But Peter T Fretwell is hopeful:
“The fact that we are seeing these adaptations in the worst affected emperor penguin colonies gives us some hope that they can react to their changing environment and move to find more stable ice.

Here's the full story ⬇️
bas.ac.uk/media-post/emp…

Almost time for our local fair, Reach Fair. It was the original medieval fair for Cambridge and has been celebrated each May Day since 1201 AD. reachfair.org.uk

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Incredible footage of emperor penguin chicks making their first leap.nationalgeographic.com/animals/photog…

I spoke with ⁦⁦Robin McKie⁩ from the ⁦The Observer⁩ about some recent changes in Antarctica, why they are so serious, and what the implications are for the rest of the world…. read his article: theguardian.com/environment/20…

3. Emperor penguins breed on 'land-fast' sea ice 🐧

It's a lengthy process: eggs incubate for 2 months, chicks aren't waterproof for 5 months.

We've only seen changes to Antarctic sea ice in the last 8 years, but even just 'early' sea ice breakup means chicks don't survive.

Although Nuyina is a magnificent #icebreaking research and supply vessel, in hindsight having two smaller ships could have been smarter: one dedicated for scientific research at sea and the other for transporting cargo and personnel to Antarctic bases. abc.net.au/news/2024-04-0…

In case you needed another reason to visit Pucón in August !

Out new review paper on the remote sensing of wildlife on land has just landed.

Bedmap3 paper map side 1 just about done. I'm taking 200 to SCAR 2024 to give away.

This is pretty extraordinary! New herring spawning grounds off the west coast of Scotland spotted from space bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Just got the final Bedmap3 grids. One thing that has struck me is that there is more ice in Antarctica than we previously thought. Significantly more😲

What's happening to the emperors?polarjournal.ch/en/2024/03/22/…

Are these the coolest jobs in the world? Probably.

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📸Matt Bell and Tom Hubbard

BAS researchers worked on this joint study of emperor penguin populations ⬇️

We need more research to know conclusively why this happened, but it could be connected to habitat changes - emperors are reliant on land-fast sea ice 🐧📉

Paper: 2024.3.13
Advances in remote sensing of emperor penguins: first multi-year time series documenting trends in the global population Royal Society Publishing royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…
Dr. Michelle LaRue Sara Labrousse Peter T Fretwell Daniel P. Zitterbart
Philip Trathan, Stephanie Jenouvrier

Scientists have seen a drop of almost 10% in emperor penguin populations in just under a decade standard.co.uk/news/environme…