Accidental Discovery from Space Reveals New Emperor Penguin Colony!

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Arrow January 23, 2023 Arrow Editor: Akanksha Choudhary

A new Penguin colony has been recently discovered in Antarctica!

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The colony was identified using satellite photographs of one of most remote & inaccessible places.

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There are currently 66 documented emperor penguin colonies, half of which were found by satellites.

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These colonies are facing an imminent crisis from the climate issue as the sea ice is melting quickly.

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Emperor penguins are the only of their kind that reproduces on sea ice rather than on land.

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They live in inhospitable regions that experience temp. as cold as - 60

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Researchers have been searching satellite data for droppings on the glacier in order to find new colonies.

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This colony was found in west Antarctica using the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite.

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