US EditionIUCN Lists Emperor Penguin and Antarctic Fur Seal as Endangered
Climate change and shrinking sea ice are driving faster declines, with emperor penguins down about 10% since 2009 and fur seals down more than 50% 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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The emperor penguin has been classified as a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The chicks, in particular, are suffering massively from climate change. The Antarctic fur seal is also now on the "red list".
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