Withe critical sea ice melting in Antarctica, USFWS moves to list emperor penguins under ESA

Climate change is threatening emperor penguins with extinction in much of their range, federal wildlife officials said on Tuesday as they announced a proposal to protect them under the Endangered Species Act.

The penguins live much of the year on Antarctic sea ice, which is disappearing or breaking apart because of the heat-trapping gases released by humans’ use of fossil fuels. The penguins need the ice to breed, raise their young and escape predators.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/climate/emperor-penguins.html