[Posted by Chuck Almdale, submitted by Lillian Johnson]

Above photo from Washington Post

Two articles about the same loss.

‘Catastrophic’ loss: Huge colonies of emperor penguins saw no chicks survive last year as sea ice disappears
CNN | Rachel Ramirez | 24 Aug 2023
Four out of five emperor penguin colonies analyzed in the Bellingshausen Sea, west of the Antarctic Peninsula, saw no chicks survive last year as the area experienced an enormous loss of sea ice, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Nature Communications Earth & Environment.

Thousands of penguin chicks killed by early sea ice breakup, study says
Last year saw record low levels of sea ice — and this year looks set to be even worse, scientists say
Washington Post | Victoria Bisset | 5 Aug 2023
More than 9,000 emperor penguin chicks were probably killed as ice broke up early in Antarctica last year, in what scientists called a “catastrophic breeding failure.”