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IUCN Lists Emperor Penguin and Antarctic Fur Seal as Endangered
The Red List update cites climate-driven sea ice loss and a more than 50% drop in fur seals since 1999.
- On Wednesday, the International Union for Conservation of Nature classified emperor penguins and Antarctic fur seals as "endangered," citing human-induced environmental impacts including warming ocean waters and shrinking sea ice.
- Climate change poses the "most significant threat" to emperor penguins, according to Dr. Philip Trathan of the IUCN's penguin specialist group, as reduced sea ice pushes krill into deeper waters, limiting food availability.
- Emperor penguin populations fell about 10% between 2009 and 2018, totaling more than 20,000 adults lost, while Antarctic fur seal numbers dropped more than 50 percent since 1999 to 944,000 last year.
- Southern elephant seals were also moved from "least concern" to "vulnerable" following population declines caused by a deadly contagious pathogen, while both endangered species now rank two steps below "extinction in the wild."
- Ahead of next month's Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting in Japan, WWF Australia's oceans conservation manager Emily Grilly urged nations to declare both species "specially protected" to defend against industrial fishing and tourism threats.
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