Will Penguins Go the Way of the Dodo?

Kerry Trueman December 11, 2007 | 2:55 pm EST

A pair of dancing penguins put in an appearance at the Bali climate change conference yesterday, but theirs was not a case of “Happy Feet,” because the penguins’ breeding ground is literally melting out from under them. Antarctica is warming five times faster, on average, than the rest of the world, according to the World Wildlife Fund, who provided the penguin-costumed protesters.

The purpose of this stunt was to highlight the fact that the Antarctic’s penguin population is just as threatened by global warming as its equally cute “˜n’ cuddly Arctic brethren at the other end of the earth, the polar bear. The Empire penguin population has declined by half in recent decades due to thinning ice and overfishing that’s decimated their food supply. Can we halt the erosion of this beloved bird’s habitat before the krill is gone?

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