some breaking news to bring you in the police investigation over the crooked avenue and staffordshire which was burned to the ground and two men had been arrested on suspicion of arson. detectives investigating this have arrested two men, 66 short man from dudley and at 33 year old man from milton keynes arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to damage life. they are iconic species of the antarctic but for how much longer. emperor penguin colonies have experienced almost total breeding failure. study from the british antarctic survey and published in nature communications
are going to really suffer with climate change. and this is really poignant because most of these penguins will never have seen a human being in their life. but it s human induced climate change which is driving their futures and a future which is looking really bleak at the moment. to breed successfully, emperor penguins need nine months of solid sea ice. the chicks are cared for by their parents as they develop and grow. they need to stay on the ice until they replace their fluffy down for waterproof feathers. the problem is the ice is melting much earlier in the season, and if the chicks enter the water before they re ready, they don t survive. the red line on this map shows where the sea ice used to reach at the end of antarctica s summer. 2023 has seen a record low. only the white and light blue areas are ice. this area lost all of its sea ice. five emperor penguin colonies are located there, and four lost all of their chicks. that s an estimated 5,000 to 10,000 birds. out of 66 c
that this will be no more radioactive than water released from any other nuclear power plant around the world. but it won t be easy because the facts are up against fear. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, fukushima. up to 10,000 emperor penguin chicks have died in the antarctic after sea ice melted and broke off before they d grown waterproof plummage. there are warnings now that more than 90% of emperor penguin colonies will be all but extinct by the end of the century because of global warming. our science editor rebecca morelle reports. they live in the most remote part of the planet, adapted to survive the harshest conditions. but for emperor penguins, the sea ice that they depend on is vanishing. and this year has seen a record melt, leading to a catastrophic loss of chicks. this is really a sign of things to come. we expect that emperor penguins are going to really suffer
until they replace their fluffy down for waterproof feathers. the problem is the ice is melting much earlier in the season, and if the chicks enter the water before they re ready, they don t survive. the red line on this map shows where the sea ice used to reach at the end of antarctica s summer. 2023 has seen a record low. only the white and light blue areas are ice. this area lost all of its sea ice. five emperor penguin colonies are located there, and four lost all of their chicks. that s an estimated 5,000 to 10,000 birds. out of 66 colonies across the continent, 19 failed either partially or totally to breed. and scientists say if this trend continues, over 90% will be doomed to extinction by the end of this century. this graph shows the area of antarctica s sea ice as it melts and grows between summer and winter. each line represents a year, and 2023, in red, has been far
with climate change. and this is really poignant because most of these penguins will never have seen a human being in their life. but it s human induced climate change which is driving their futures and a future which is looking really bleak at the moment. to breed successfully, emperor penguins need nine months of solid sea ice. the chicks are cared for by their parents as they develop and grow. they need to stay on the ice until they replace their fluffy down for waterproof feathers. the problem is the ice is melting much earlier in the season, and if the chicks enter the water before they re ready, they don t survive. the red line on this map shows where the sea ice used to reach at the end of antarctica s summer. 2023 has seen a record low. only the white and light blue areas are ice. this area lost all of its sea ice. five emperor penguin colonies are located there, and four lost all of their chicks. that s an estimated 5,000 to 10,000 birds. out of 66 colonies