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> The catastrophe occurred in 2016 in Antarctica's Weddell Sea.

• arethuza 8y ago
  It's a multi year study and they just published the results.
• Aromasin 8y ago
  The unfortunate consequence is that there seems to be no sign of further breeding after this point, despite the adult penguins surviving. I think they're insinuating that the catastrophe is on-going.
  • ahje 8y ago
    > The unfortunate consequence is that there seems to be no sign of further breeding after this point, despite the adult penguins surviving. From the article: "A colony some 50km away, close to the Dawson-Lambton Glacier, has seen a big rise in its numbers." At least some of them seems to have moved on.
  • Kiro 8y ago
    Ongoing but isolated to one colony so it's not a global catastrophe if that's what you think. Climate change may make it though.
    • Aromasin 8y ago
      Losing 5-9% of a species genetic stock is still a massive loss in my eyes, no matter what way you look at it.