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2019 Heatwave Decimated Magellanic Penguin Population
The devastating effects of climate change-induced heatwaves are highlighted by the mass die-off of Magellanic Penguins in 2019. Researchers at the University of Washington saw one of the biggest breeding colonies suffer the devastating consequences of a 2019 heatwave in Argentina. On January 19th, 2019, temperatures peaked at 44C/111.2F in Punta Tombo, on Argentina’s southern…
January 17, 2022