Published: Feb 25, 2026, 23:30 IST | Updated: Feb 25, 2026, 23:30 IST
Emperor penguins face being wiped out as rising temperatures continue to melt sea ice. Numbers of Antarctica's largest sea bird will decline slowly until about 2040 and then plunge steeply if the continent carries on warming at the same rate. Some existing 3,000 mating pairs could fall to as few as 500 by 2100.