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Antarctic island loses world's largest penguin colony

Original: A remote island near Antarctica is no longer home to the world's largest penguin colony as climate-driven changes to oce

A new study says a remote island near Antarctica is no longer home to the world's largest penguin colony. Researchers report that climate-driven changes to ocean food chains have likely devastated the island's once-thriving penguin population, a finding being widely shared as fresh evidence of warming's impact on polar ecosystems.

Why now: A new study linking the colony's collapse to climate-driven ocean changes is drawing attention amid ongoing concern about polar warming.

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• A remote island near Antarctica is no longer home to the world's largest penguin colony as climate-driven changes to ocean food chains likely devastated its once-thriving inhabitants, a new study has said. https://www. japantimes.co.jp/environment/2… · thejapantimes · 10

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