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by ekianjo 2618 days ago
Funny you attribute this to climate change when the article clearly mentioned this incident had nothing to do with climate change. Did you even read it?

> Quite why the sea-ice platform on the edge of the Brunt shelf has failed to regenerate is unclear. There is no obvious climate signal to point to in this case; atmospheric and ocean observations in the vicinity of the Brunt reveal little in the way of change.
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abalone 2618 days ago
From the article that you allegedly read:

“But the sensitivity of this colony to shifting sea-ice trends does illustrate, says the team, the impact that future warming in Antarctica could have on emperor penguins in particular.”

“Research suggests the species might lose anywhere between 50% and 70% of its global population by the end of this century, if sea-ice is reduced to the extent that computer models envisage.“

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ekianjo 2618 days ago
> “But the sensitivity of this colony to shifting sea-ice trends does illustrate, says the team, the impact that future warming in Antarctica could have on emperor penguins in particular.”

Which is not related to this particular incident. Thanks for proving my point again.

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abalone 2617 days ago
You made up the “which is not related to this particular incident” part (which is why you couldn’t quote it). They said they couldn’t point to an “obvious” cause in this case, which you eagerly mischaracterized as meaning “it has nothing to do with global warming.” But that’s not what they said. They said they didn’t deeply study and understand the cause in this case. But we know with great certainty that sea ice is on a rapid decline due to climate change, just half of what it was in the 80s.[1] Thus the article notes studies that project this event will happen with greater frequency due to climate change, ultimately killing off more than half this species by century's end.
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ApolloFortyNine 2618 days ago
It reads like the current fact is that they don't know why the ice didn't regenerate now.

And then they follow up with basically saying this proves that rescinding ice does affect the Penguins, so 'future' (not current, as they haven't detected any changes) could affect them.

I.e, it's speculation.

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