PENGUINS in the Antarctic are facing starvation because two giant icebergs
have blocked their path to and from the sea.
Researchers at McMurdo Station near the Ross Sea say a number of colonies are
on the brink of collapse as female birds are marooned at sea and their mates
abandon nests. The researchers don’t know whether global climate change is to
blame.
After female Adélie and emperor penguins lay their eggs, they normally
spend several days hunting in the open sea before returning to their breeding
grounds. But the icebergs known as B15 and C16, which broke away from…
