Penguins’ breeding season shifts by two weeks due to climate change, shows study

Gentoo colony at Neko Harbour (ES: Puerto Neko). (Ignacio Juarez Martinez via SWNS)

By Stephen Beech

Antarctic penguins’ breeding season has shifted by a record two weeks as a result of climate change, reveals new research.

Penguins’ breeding season shifts by two weeks due to climate change, shows study

Dr. Ignacio Juarez, leader of the study, servicing one of the monitoring cameras overlooking a Chinstrap colony at Spigot Peak (ES: Nunatak Negro), Antarctica. (Ignacio Juarez Martinez via SWNS)

Penguins’ breeding season shifts by two weeks due to climate change, shows study

Adélie penguin (ES: Pingüino Adelia) with its chick at Madder cliffs colony (ES: Cabo Madder). (Ignacio Juarez Martinez via SWNS)

Penguins’ breeding season shifts by two weeks due to climate change, shows study

Chinstrap penguin with its chick. (Ignacio Juarez Martinez via SWNS)

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