Tag: Chris Fogwill

• Tuesday, February 16th 2016 - 08:30 UTC

  Blocked access to food in Antarctica kills an estimated 150.000 Adelie penguins

  

  Scientists say an estimated 150,000 Adelie penguins have been wiped out on Antarctica's Cape Denison in the five years since a giant iceberg blocked their main access to food. A study recently published in the journal Antarctic Science says the B09B iceberg crashed with the Mertz Glacier Tongue and got stuck in Commonwealth Bay, an area that was rarely covered by sea-ice, making it ideal for Adelie penguin colonies.