Giant iceberg decimates Adélie penguin colony at Cape Denison

With the 2011 arrival of the colossal ice berg B09B, sea ice has extended up to 60 km across East Antarctica’s Commonwealth Bay. The practical upshot is the once thriving Cape Denison Adélie penguin colony now has a 120 km journey to feed at the sea ice edge, with devastating consequences for the population. To learn more, you can read our 2016 research paper ’The impact of the giant iceberg B09B on population size and breeding success of Adélie penguins in Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica’ led by Kerry-Jayne
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