Big drop in the number of king penguins


The population of the world's largest king penguin colony, living on the French island of Cochons, south of the Indian Ocean, has declined by 88 percent since the 1980s, according to a survey published in Antarctic Science.

In the 2015-2017 period, 60,000 penguin couples were observed in air and satellite observations. A similar study in the 1980s found that about 500,000 pairs of penguins were found.
Researchers noted that the cause of the great tension in the population is unknown. 

After the emperor penguin, the king penguin, which is the largest type of penguin, lives in the more temperate islands north of Antarctica.

Research on bird species in the region has shown that bird populations are decreasing due to climate change.

Source: poxox.com technology
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