relative humidity values 5% to 15%. extremely dry, eto ignite the dry brush on the ground. emperor penguins are so large, they can stand as tall as a 6-year-old child. but their relatively imposing height doesn t protect them from our changing climate. as lin la kin dade reports, some colonies in the antarctica may disappear in the next 30 to 40 years. reporter: these emperor penguins are native to antarctica, the largest of all the penguin species. due to climate change, scientists say they re at risk of extinction. unlike adelely penguins which build nests on the continent, these penguins breed directly on marine ice. ice melting puts lives of baby penguins at risk. translator: when the ice platform loses stability, the little penguins, the ones that are growing, the chicks of that season might not have their
save the penguins, but really, it s really about our work around the world. we work in 65 countries and we re headquartered here at the bronx zoo. and many years ago, we thought, let s figure out a way to celebrate earth month and let s also try to theme it. so this year, there was a vote and people voted that they wanted to save penguins, and we work in argentina, and of the 17 penguin species, 12 are endangered because of habitat loss, because of climate change, overfishing. so what we re really trying to do here is help to educate people. but, frankly, that all gets washed away when you meet someone like aggie, because he s really an inspiration for all of us. he came to us and said, his mom and he, now that i ve had a chance to spend some time with him, he said, you know what, i want to save penguins. and he s gotten how many people? 80 people? 80 people are running on saturday with aggie to help tell