How does Global Warming affect the Penguins of Antarctica?

Question

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Answer 1

They will turn brown.

Answer 2

So your liberal bias government school wants you write a report on "global warming."  They probably made you watch the Al Gore movie too.

Here is your report.....

Global warming is left wing propaganda, end of report.

Answer 3

Melt ice.

Penguins can't rest in water.

Penguins drown.

Can't breathe.

Die.

Simple as that.

Answer 4

It melts Antarctica, causing fish to die, then, with no fish, penguins die. Also they drown, he he...

Answer 5

If our worst fears come to pass, penguins will be sunning themselves on the beach at a balmy -95 degrees, instead of pathetically huddling together and shivering at a bone-chilling -100.

Answer 6

It should be posted in homework help.  Use your head, it's not a tough question.

Answer 7

try the movie HAPPY FEET =)

it's entertaining and educating =)

basically ice turns water, less living space for them, also we are consuming more fish and that leaves them less food LOL

so they live in less area with less food.... what do you think it's going to happen ??? .... that's right.... something not good LOL

Answer 8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0IQ6o7MH...

http://my.opera.com/penguinsplus/about/

Potentially the greatest threat to the survival of the penguins is global warming. Penguins are very sensitive to temperature change. On one island the number of breeding Rockhopper penguins has dropped from 1.7 million to 100,000 since the 1940s. This is believed to be caused by the warming of the local waters. Global warming may also have a hand in the steep drop in the numbers of Adelie penguins. The brave Emperors of Antarctica may be the most at risk, as an early thaw could spell disaster for hatchlings. The penguins last, best hope is their ability to charm the public, or as the University of California calls it, “the cuteness factor.” The popularity of the penguins with the public might lead to greater conservation efforts.

Global warming could make Antarctic waters more inviting to crabs and sharks that would threaten the frigid continent's unique ecosystem, biologists warned Friday.

Antarctica's waters remain too cold for crabs, sharks and other fish to survive in, but global warming has already caused temperatures to increase by one to two degrees Celsius over the past 50 years, said University of Rhode Island biology professor Cheryl Wilga.

Few predators capable of crushing shelled animals live in Antarctic waters, Wilga told a news conference in Boston, Massachusetts.

"As a result, the Antarctic seafloor has been dominated by relatively soft-bodied, slow-moving invertebrates, just as in ancient oceans prior to the evolution of shell-crushing predators," she said on the sidelines of the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

"The water only needs to remain above freezing year round for it to become habitable to some sharks, and at the rate we're going, that could happen this century," Wilga said.

"Once they get there, it will completely change the ecology of the Antarctic benthic community," she said.

Crabs have already gotten very close to the Antarctic ecosystem, said Sven Thatje of National Oceanography Center in Southampton, Britain, who warned of a potentially catastrophic situation.

"That would be a tragic loss for biodiversity in one of the last wild places on Earth," he said, warning that global warming could destroy Antarctica's marine life if greenhouse gas emissions are not curbed.

Answer 9

It makes them tough and chewy when you grill them.

Answer 10

If you researched, you would find your answer.

Global Warming melts the glaciers, which strands penguins and polar bears on the glaciers and creates gaps of ocean that are too long for many of them to swim across to find food on other glaciers and it generally decreases the space of their habitat. Go to the library or search credible sites on the internet to find enough info to make a report.

Answer 11

It doesn't.  Penguins, Polar Bears.....etc. have experienced Earth's natural climate cycles over thousands of years, and manage to bounce back when Earth's natural climate cycle returns to their liking.

Edit 1:  And...by the way....the Emperor Penguins mentioned in an earlier poster's link are NOT limited to crustaceans in their diet:

"The Emperor Penguin eats primarily fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods. The exact composition of the prey varies from population to population, but fish is usually the most important food source and Antarctic silverfish, Pleuragramma antarcticum, is often the most important species eaten.

Answer 12

It's not that hard. Just think about it alittle. Penguins live in the cold, right? Well, global WARMING, believe it or not, WARMS the earth. The glaciers could melt and they would be out of a place to live.

Answer 13

Read this and write your report.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...