Penguins are mating two weeks earlier than usual due to climate change
A study that took 10 years to prepare revealed that Penguins that live in Antarctica, they began to mate two weeks earlier than usual due to… "Climate change".
Reported by the British News Agency "PA Media"Today, researchers specializing in the study of Adelie, Gentoo, and Amalgam penguins reported that these changes are occurring at rates "Standard"They warned that it may threaten these birds’ access to food, and may force them to compete with each other in order to obtain it.
It also increases the danger "Large-scale ecosystem collapse" In Antarctica.
Penguin settlement
The researchers used dozens of time frame cameras in 37 penguin sanctuaries on a peninsula. "Antarctica" And some islands near Antarctica, to monitor the settling times of penguins of the Adelie, Gentoo, and Malgam species at their mating sites.
The team, which includes researchers from my university, monitored "Oxford" and"Oxford Brookes"penguin sanctuaries over a period of 10 years – during the period from 2012 to 2022 – coinciding with a significant increase in temperatures on the peninsula. "Antarctica"In addition to recording environmental factors such as temperatures.
The researchers concluded that the average start date of the mating season for penguins, which nest on snow-free land in reserves containing between tens and hundreds of thousands of nests, has advanced at rates "Unprecedented".
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