--- title: Climate Change Threatens Antarctica's Emperor Penguin Population description: New research says Antarctica's population of emperor penguins will be cut down by a fifth by the end of the century canonical: https://time.com/2943857/anarctica-emperor-penguin-endangered/ author: Nash Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-01T07:20:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:01:11.088Z article:section: Science og:title: Climate Change Threatens Antarctica's Emperor Penguin Population og:description: New research says Antarctica's population of emperor penguins will be cut down by a fifth by the end of the century og:url: https://time.com/2943857/anarctica-emperor-penguin-endangered/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt714e92b6658c5421/698699f9cd6848207a09579d/penguins-antarctica.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: A pair of Adelie penguins are pictured at Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, East Antarctica on Dec. 28, 2009. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Climate Change Threatens Antarctica's Emperor Penguin Population twitter:description: New research says Antarctica's population of emperor penguins will be cut down by a fifth by the end of the century twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt714e92b6658c5421/698699f9cd6848207a09579d/penguins-antarctica.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Climate Change Threatens Antarctica's Emperor Penguin Population > Sponsored content. 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A pair of Adelie penguins are pictured at Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay, East Antarctica on Dec. 28, 2009. Reuters by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Jul 1, 2014 7:20 AM UTC [New research](http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28089988) suggests that Antarctica’s population of emperor penguins will be cut down by a fifth by the end of the century as a result of changing climates, which will impact the species’ feeding and mating patterns. According to a [study published](http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate2280.html) in the journal _Nature Climate Change_, there are currently about 600,000 emperor penguins living in Antarctica. Researchers, anticipating a 19% to 33% drop in their numbers, have encouraged governments across the world to list the species as endangered. Doing so would place restrictions on tourism, fishing and other activities that may prove further detrimental to their survival. 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