Climate change is devastating the planet and its wildlife. As the planet heats up, many of its delicate ecosystems are in danger, and many creatures that rely on them are heading toward extinction.
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), one in four mammal species and one in eight birds are at high risk of extinction — including the emperor penguin. If we don’t halt the current pace of global warming, more than 98 percent of emperor penguin colonies could be extinct by 2100. We can't let that happen.
The emperor penguin’s unique and wondrous habitat makes them incredibly vulnerable to climate change, because like polar bears, they depend on sea ice for survival. They are also essential to the Antarctic food chain, as they feed on krill, squid and small fish, and are a source of food for leopard seals and orcas. If they go extinct, the entire ecosystem will be in jeopardy.
Food & Water Watch is fighting to protect penguins, our planet and its ecosystems every day by taking on corporate polluters like the fossil fuel industry and its political enablers. Our goals are clear: ban fracking, shut down polluting pipelines and win legislation that will truly stop runaway climate change. But we can’t do any of this without YOU.
Antarctica might seem like an untouchable place, but it’s incredibly vulnerable to climate change — and it deserves to be protected.
Emperor penguins live life in a delicate balance — too little sea ice and their chicks drown. Already, sea ice cover has shrunk by more than 60 percent in the last 30 years, and one emperor penguin colony has already disappeared. We can’t allow others to meet the same fate.
Wenonah Hauter
Founder and Executive Director
Food & Water Watch
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