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The Last Word With Matt Cooper

Threat To Emperor Penguins Over Melting Ice Caps

A new study doesn't bode well for the world's emperor penguin colonies and it seems climate change i...
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6:55 PM - 5 Aug 2021



The Last Word With Matt Cooper

Threat To Emperor Penguins Over Melting Ice Caps

Aoibhin Meghen
Aoibhin Meghen

6:55 PM - 5 Aug 2021

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A new study doesn't bode well for the world's emperor penguin colonies and it seems climate change is to blame.

Emperor penguins are currently quite plentiful in the Antarctic however this study predicts that by the end of the century the largest species of penguin in the world will be functionally extinct.

Environmental expert John Gibbons joined The Last Word to discuss.

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