Issues: Global Warming

Polar Thaw: Global Warming in the Arctic and Antarctic
Photographs from 'World View of Global Warming' by Gary Braasch

 
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Link: Journey to the ice
Link: Glacier gives way
Link: Warming Adelie penguins
Link: Garden research
Link: Caribou crossing a climate watershed
Link: Native folkways eroding away
Link: Disintegrating ice shelf
Link: Polar thaw bears down
Link: Adelie penguins
Link: Boreal overview
Link: Dying forests
Link: Tipping the balance



ADELIE PENGUINPhoto from World View of Global Warming by Gary Braasch

Adelie penguins search for krill -- small shrimp-like crustaceans that serve as the staple of the penguins' diet -- along the sea ice edge. Krill develop under the seasonal pack ice where they feed on algae. Years of low sea ice may mean less krill, a problem for the many Southern Ocean species that rely on this food source, including whales.

This penguin wears a radio transmitter that provides information on how long it takes to forage when there is less sea ice.

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All photos © Gary Braasch


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