A Problem for Penguins
Tags: EMPEROR penguin; APTENODYTES; PENGUINS; GLOBAL warming; GLOBAL temperature changes
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The article presents facts related to emperor penguins.
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Provides information on emperor penguins. Description.
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The article presents information on emperor penguins. According to the article, they are large birds which can grow as tall as 4 feet. It says that a father penguin holds his egg on top of his feet which keeps it warm and helps it hatch. It mentions that emperor penguins have thick, waxy...
- Who Turned Up the Heat? // Weekly Reader News - Edition 4;12/17/2004, Vol. 86 Issue 14, p2
This article presents information on the reduction in the number of Penguins in Antarctica due to global warming. It is reported that several million Adelie penguins once lived on the Antarctic Peninsula. By the late 1980s, their numbers decreased by half, since, winter ice has been forming only...
- Trouble Ahead? // Weekly Reader News - Edition 3;1/9/2008, Vol. 78 Issue 14, Special section p2
This article discusses the effects of global warming on Antarctica's penguins. Penguins hunt for food in Antarctica's waters. They use floating sea ice as a place to rest while they search. Global warming is causing the ice to melt. Melting ice makes it harder for penguins to hunt. The role of...
- Too Hot to Handle. // Weekly Reader News - Senior;Nov/Dec2004, Vol. 83, p3
Discusses the possible effects of global warming on penguins. Factors which cause global warming; Decline in the population of Ad�lie penguins from 1994 to 2004; Impact of the warmer weather caused by global warming on the food supply of the penguins.
- Too Hot to Handle. // Weekly Reader News - Senior;11/19/2004, Vol. 83 Issue 11, p3
Discusses the effect of global warming on the penguin population. Factors that cause global warming; Decrease in the population of Ad�lie penguins caused by warmer temperatures; Shrimplike creatures which serve as important food for penguins.
