Antarctic chinstrap penguin colony has sharply declined and fragmented
A drone survey counted 19,886 chinstrap nests in an Antarctic area where 49,410 were counted on foot 45 years earlier. The colony is now divided into 108 separate fragments.
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Why it matters
The large long-term population decline signals severe ecosystem stress in Antarctica.
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- A drone flight over 1 square mile of Antarctic rock in January counted 19,886 chinstrap nests against 49,410 found on foot 45 years earlier, where the colony has broken into 108 separate scraps ↗ecoportal.net · Recorded source date: Sep 15, 2026, 8:32 PM UTC
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