Falling populations of penguins in the West Antarctic Peninsula are being driven by a reduction of their main food source, Antarctic krill, according to a new study. The chinstrap penguin, as shown in this picture are the most vulnerable to the warming climate. Over the time of the global weather increase, they noted that populations of penguin species declined by more than 50 per cent, with fewer juveniles surviving and returning to breed. The penguins are starving and declining in population because of their main food source. They struggle to get food because the polar ice caps have melted and the Antarctic krill migrated north. Also scientists have noticed that due to the melting of the ice more species have struggled to find different food due to their habitat being ruined, therefore there is a lot more competition and a lot of the animals in the Arctic can soon be affected.
My Opinion:
I believe that these issues in the Arctic are quite tragic and due to the fact that the Arctic is just struggling through this now, I can't even imagine what this can lead to in our population once the temperatures still increase. As far as the penguins I feel sorry for them because they are unable to survive and tend to be quite gentile creatures therefore they will get dominated by their competition. The horrible part is that their is really nothing we can do as far as the climate, but I feel as if we should migrate some penguins to zoos due to the fact that they will not starve and they will live a better life. Overall this is truly a horrible issue.
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