TNPSC Thervupettagam

Antarctica’s Emperor Penguins

December 30 , 2022 569 days 390 0
  • Antarctica has a unique species of plants and animals that can survive the coldest, windiest, highest and driest continent on Earth.
  • These species include 2 flowering plants, hardy moss and lichens, numerous microbes, invertebrates and breeding seabirds like emperor and Adélie penguins.
  • These animals and plants are threatened because of global warming and climate crisis.
  • If the current conservation efforts remain the same, the population of 97 percent of Antarctic terrestrial species and breeding seabirds could decline between now and 2100.
  • At the best-case scenario, 37 percent of the species would decline.
  • Emperor penguins are at the risk of going extinct by 2100 in the worst-case scenario.
  • It is the only species in the study that is facing this destiny.

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