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: Penguin numbers have decreased in every single colony surveyed on the island.
: This collapse is largely attributed to a rapidly changing climate and the disruption of the marine food web, particularly the decline of krill, their primary food source. A Call for Sanctuaries 122550
: The count of breeding pairs plummeted from that original 122,550 to just 52,786 —a decline of nearly 60% . : Penguin numbers have decreased in every single