How does global warming affect penguins?

Answer 1

Warmer air and sea surface temperatures in the Antarctic reduce the amount of ice in the sea. This, in turn, leads to smaller populations of krill, a shrimp-like crustacean that is a staple of the emperor penguin's diet. With less food to eat, emperor penguins die.

Because of the extra heat, the penguins that live in Antarctica and other cold places are now at a loss for homes, because the icebergs that the penguins used to live on are melting. Huge chunks have been breaking off in the past few months, and just recently, a chunk the size of Rhode Island broke off. That is also affecting the planet because the chunks that are falling off are melting and adding more water to the oceans all over the world.