Researchers warn of the urgent need to include the cumulative effects of extreme climate events in penguin conservation

A new international analysis warns that penguin survival hinges on a shift in how science and conservation policy approach climate change: Rather than examining extreme events in isolation, it is their cumulative effects that must be assessed. Applied for the first time in a quantitative way across habitats of all 18 penguin species in the Southern Hemisphere, this perspective provides a crucial tool to anticipate risks and design more effective conservation policies.

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