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Se-Ah Lee THE DOVER CHRONICLE - OCTOBER 2023 VOL. 2 MELTING ICE – THE PITFALL FOR PENGUINS? About 10,000 young penguins are most likely to die before developing their waterproof feathers. It is dangerous for young penguins to survive due to the melting ice all around them. They are most likely to get drowned or freeze to their death in the freezing water. As the temperature of the Earth rises and the climate changes continues, more and more of the Arctic and Antarctic ice is likely to melt. Especially now, in 2023, ice melts and penguins are on the edge of extinction. It is getting worse and worse, every year, every minute, every second. Penguins’ breeding period is long and stabilized. But as the ice melts, it is most likely that chicks will not be able to become full-fledged adults. According to BBC, most of the ice melts during December, which is when the chicks fledge. However, it is at the start of December when ice starts to melt, that most penguin chicks cannot develop their new feathers and drown to death. More than 90% of the emperor penguins are likely to be extinct due to failing breeding plans and young deaths that are important for the survival of future generations of penguins. This is a life-threatening issue for penguinsbecause if young penguins cannot survive to adulthood to continue the survival and growth of the colony, penguins wouldn’t be able to breed and as the time passes on, numbers of penguins would decrease. As penguin species inch closer to extinction, it means that the food chain would break and there would be more and more fish in the area. This can cause the biodiversity to decrease, threatening the other animals in Antarctic.You might wonder, why is this important? It is important because if there were fewer penguins in the area, there would be more fish. This could cause plankton and other small beings in the ocean to become extinct (or endangered) because there are more surviving predators around them. This isn’t the only problem. Killer whales, that mostly survives eating and hunting penguins would be threatened by this extinction and the number of killer whales would slowly but dramatically decrease. This can be a serious problem, breaking the food web.
Se-Ah Lee THE DOVER CHRONICLE - OCTOBER 2023 VOL. 2 The number of penguins is especially low this year compared to others. This means that penguins are endangered, and it is imperative that we all act. We need to act fast. We need to act now. To help penguins, we can try to reduce emission of carbon dioxide or fossil fuels. We can walk or bike instead of riding cars (that take up to 40% of the carbon dioxide emissions). This can really decrease the speed of extinction. We can also turn off any lights or electricity that they are not using. This saves energy, but also reduces the heat produced by the electricity and lights. Furthermore, there are also things that companies and governments can do. Such as producing new technology that might reduce carbon emissions. Governments can create more buildings that have solar panels on them. They can also raise taxes for ownership of extra vehicles such cars. This would deter people from the excessive consumerism of buying cars. We all can act in this world; it does not have to be the government that acts first. It can be you and me. Starting little by little, making the world better for penguins.
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