The extreme heat event killed hundreds of penguins in Argentina.
Extreme heat events can have a deadly impact on people and wildlife, as evidenced by a summer heat wave in 2019 that killed hundreds of penguins in Argentina, according to a new study.
"It's the first time we've recorded a mass mortality event at Punta Tombo connected to extreme temperatures," Holt said of the 2019 penguin deaths.On June 28, 2021, temperatures in Seattle, Washington, reached 108 Fahrenheit, while the village of Lytton in British Columbia, Canada, experienced the country's highest-ever temperature of 121.3 Fahrenheit the next day, just before the town was devastated by a wildfire brought on by the heat wave. It killed 1,400 people.
"Any mass die-off like this is a concern," said Holt."But what is most concerning about heat-death mortality is that it has the potential to kill a lot of adults." Because they can live 30 years or more, adult penguins can breed many chicks, she added.
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