The IUCN noted that reduced food availability has already driven a 50% decline in the Antarctic fur seal population since 2000. Climate-driven changes in Antarctic sea ice are projected to reduce the emperor penguin population by half by the 2080s. The report added that the southern elephant seals are also now at risk of extinction, due to disease.
NEWS: The emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal are now both Endangered, according to the @IUCNRedList.
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