Loss of Antarctic ice endangers the survival of emperor penguin chicks, study says

Loss of Antarctic ice endangers the survival of emperor penguin chicks, study says

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The loss of ice in one region of Antarctica last year likely resulted in none of the emperor penguin chicks surviving in four colonies, researchers reported Thursday. Emperor penguins hatch their eggs and raise their chicks on the ice that forms around the continent each Antarctic winter and melts…

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