Antarctica has experienced its highest temperature on record, with a research station provisionally recording 64.94 degrees Fahrenheit (18.3°C).
Chinstrap penguins are starving to death in Antarctica as the temperature hits record highs.
The number of chinstrap penguins in some colonies in Western Antarctica has fallen by as much as 77% since they were last surveyed in the 1970s, say scientists studying the impact of climate change on the remote region. The chinstrap penguin, named after the narrow black band under its head, inhabits the islands and shores of the Southern Pacific and Antarctic Oceans and feeds on krill.
As temperatures continue to increase, the krill that chinstrap penguins feed on are moving south to colder waters that are out of their reach, research showed.
Michael Wethington, a scientist, collects rubbish on Snow Island, Antarctica.
Steve Forrest, a scientist, counts the number of chinstrap penguins in a colony standing on Anvers Island, Antarctica.
A colony of chinstrap penguins walk along a mountain because of temperatures continue to increase, the krill that chinstrap penguins feed on are moving south to colder waters that are out of their reach, research showed.
Antarctica is warming and penguins are starving.
The Antarctic Peninsula is one of the fastest-warming parts of the world. Most of the glaciers in that region are retreating quickly.