<![CDATA[Two iconic #SouthPole species, the #EmperorPenguin &amp; the #AntarcticFurSeal, have been officially declared #endangered by the world’s leading #conservation authority — a consequence of dramatic changes to their #habitats caused by #GlobalWarming.]]>Two iconic species, the & the , have been officially declared by the world’s leading authority — a consequence of dramatic changes to their caused by .


https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/04/09/emperor-penguin-endangered-antarctic-fur-seal/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/3b3d178f-a573-40fb-9300-a2948e71c13a/two-iconic-southpole-species-the-emperorpenguin-amp-the-antarcticfurseal-have-been-officially-declared-endangered-by-the-world-s-leading-conservation-authority-a-consequence-of-dramatic-changes-to-their-habitats-caused-by-globalwarming.RSS for NodeMon, 13 Apr 2026 19:52:37 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2026 17:08:01 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Two iconic #SouthPole species, the #EmperorPenguin &amp; the #AntarcticFurSeal, have been officially declared #endangered by the world’s leading #conservation authority — a consequence of dramatic changes to their #habitats caused by #GlobalWarming. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:20:37 GMT]]>If & are suffering, Aguilar said, it means that humans should be worried too.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116375895263788701https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116375895263788701Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:20:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Two iconic #SouthPole species, the #EmperorPenguin &amp; the #AntarcticFurSeal, have been officially declared #endangered by the world’s leading #conservation authority — a consequence of dramatic changes to their #habitats caused by #GlobalWarming. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:20:00 GMT]]>Grethel Aguilar, the director general, called the declines of both species “a wake-up call on the realities of .”

Though most humans will never see , the frozen continent’s & are vital to the entire planet. Its reflects some of the sun’s energy back into space, keeping the cool. Its cold, dense, nutrient-rich waters drive the global circulation system & support some of the world’s most important fisheries.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116375892840379033https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116375892840379033Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:20:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Two iconic #SouthPole species, the #EmperorPenguin &amp; the #AntarcticFurSeal, have been officially declared #endangered by the world’s leading #conservation authority — a consequence of dramatic changes to their #habitats caused by #GlobalWarming. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:15:34 GMT]]>A dramatic collapse of the population likewise prompted the to change the species’s status from “least concern” to “.” The organization said that rising temperatures have pushed the seals’ main prey — krill — to greater ocean depths, making it harder for the seals to find food.​

Between 1999 & 2025, the IUCN said, the number of Antarctic fur seals dropped by more than 50%

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116375875370970582https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116375875370970582Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:15:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Two iconic #SouthPole species, the #EmperorPenguin &amp; the #AntarcticFurSeal, have been officially declared #endangered by the world’s leading #conservation authority — a consequence of dramatic changes to their #habitats caused by #GlobalWarming. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:13:24 GMT]]>“ are a sentinel species that tell us about our changing world & how well we are controlling ,” Philip Trathan, a member of the IUCN specialist group that determined the species’ status, said in a statement Thursday.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116375866835621343https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116375866835621343Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:13:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Two iconic #SouthPole species, the #EmperorPenguin &amp; the #AntarcticFurSeal, have been officially declared #endangered by the world’s leading #conservation authority — a consequence of dramatic changes to their #habitats caused by #GlobalWarming. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:11:16 GMT]]> were already considered near threatened due to the loss of , which they rely on for raising chicks. Early ice breakup can lead to colonies falling into the ocean before chicks grow their waterproof feathers, causing the hatchlings to drown.

There are less than 600,000 adult emperor penguins left in the wild, & new projections suggest that the population could fall to half that by the 2080s, acc/to the International Union for the of [].

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116375858494848666https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116375858494848666Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:11:16 GMT