Pickup Trucks Across Antarctica: One More Penguin Peril? | TakePart - Inspiration to Action

“Sea World is very much about conservation and these penguins are ambassadors for climate change and conservation of that Antarctic and sub-Antarctic environment,” said the park’s director of marine services. As the ice along the Antarctic Peninsula disappears—in large part due to fossil-fuel burning in the rest of the world, from driving cars, making fake snow and burning electric lights—penguins will serve as global warming’s canaries in the coal mine.