14 DAY TRIAL // As far as polar bears are concerned, climate change and global warming are some of the worst things their species has ever had to face.
Still, recent information made available to the public by researchers working with the University of Minnesota shows that there is one species that seems to be benefiting from all this conundrum: the Adélie penguin.
Thus, recent studies have shown that one particular colony of such penguins inhabiting the Beaufort Island in the Antarctica experienced a whopping increase of 84% in its overall population between the years 1958-2010.
By the looks of it, this was because, as ice fields continued to recede, the space that these animals had at their disposal on the island's southern coast upped by as much as 71% within said timeframe.
“This research raises new questions about how Antarctic species are impacted by a changing environment,” argued researcher Michelle LaRue.
Furthermore, “This paper encourages all of us to take a second look at what we're seeing and find out if this type of habitat expansion is happening elsewhere to other populations of Adélie penguins or other species.”